Question

I likely know the smart answer here but I’m looking for more thoughts. I quit my job last week to stay home with my daughter and nieces. My sister in law and brother are both really busy and in Career jobs which I am not right now. Our current child care is our mom but we are realizing the toll it’s taking in her and her age is showing. They will also pay me so I’ll make 3/5s Of my current income. My job offered for me to work part time any hours I want. So I am debating staying. I haven’t been home with the kids before. I’ll have a 9 year old, 5 year old and 15 month old. So working during the day is unlikely. My guess is I’d mostly work after 7 pm when my little one goes to bed. But doing so we would be fully debt free by December. Am I going to burn out doing both?  

Answer 1

I do this. I work 80 hours a month (average 4 hours a day) and stay home with my 15 m/o twins (1st grader in school a few more months). It is hard. I get up at 5am and start working, I’m always trying to do housework when my twins are awake so that I can work while they nap (then I feel guilty for not playing enough with them), I scramble around all nap time trying to clean, get dinner ready, and work as much as possible, then I can work more in the evenings after they’re in bed. I’m not great at working at night so I often make up hours on the weekend when my husband can take the kids to the library or something. We’re working on rebuilding our emergency fund after a long winter of things that keep coming up but I think once we get there I’m going to stop working. It’s making me crazy to try to do all of it every day. All that to say — it CAN be done and is so worth it to make a little extra cash without having to find childcare and you get to have fun with your kids every day but it is hard.  

Answer 2

You may feel burnt out after a while but I would take the part time job while it’s on the table especially if you can work from home. Figure out a schedule then once you start feeling burnt out quit it but in the meantime you’re making more money!  

Comments

@milled oh yeah. I totally understand. I’m in Ca as well! Once you start, you will figure out a schedule. Who knows, you might need it to keep your sanity as well! Lol Best of luck!