My life is a constant dilemma. What is the best way to spend my time, my money, my life??
I always think, should I let the house work go to crap and spend all of my extra time with my kiddo? That is a constant thought in my mind as a working mom. I hate working. I completely admit it. I love the paycheck and not feeling like we are drowning every single month but I hate being away from my kid so much. I hate it with a passion. I feel guilty and wonder if he would be a much better kid if I was always home with him. I feel like I could stay on top of discipline better if I was with him everyday. I also realize at this age, it is good for him to interact with other kids to learn to share and play nicely.
I especially struggle with this dilemma right now as we moved into our new house a month ago and we still have a lot or piles of stuff sitting around and I want to work on them so bad but I feel like when I do, I am ignoring my son. I try to get as much stuff done during his naps as possible but they seem to go so fast and he is up before I know it every time!
It's ok though. Life is never perfect and I know despite my wanting it to be, our house will never be perfect either. I can learn to accept that, even when it is hard. I won't say this house is my 'dream house' but it is a lot closer to it than our last house and I had such high expectations for it. So far it has almost lived up to my expectations but I need to let go of the 'ideal' in my mind about what I want my house to be. For one thing, it would take a whole lot more money for this house to be ideal and that is something we don't have and may not for a while.
Anyway, for now I will just do my best everyday to get stuff done and slowly get our house into order. It may take a few more months for it to be fully organized as I continue to spend most of my extra time with the kiddo. He's worth it!
I have all of those same feelings about housework/child and where I spend the time. I also work but we are still nearly "drowning" when it comes to finances, so it's rather frustrating. I feel like I cannot win either way. Then when I try to catch up on the weekends, I feel like I should be w/my little guy instead. I totally get what you're saying.
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Do what you can, but don't stress about it. There will always be stuff to do around the house. I split my time on weekends by working on house stuff in the morning and then the afternoons are spent on family and me time - it seems to work.
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