Not counting the days where I wonder “do I seriously have to do this AGAIN?!” , so far I don’t really get how being a SAHM is really any more boring or tedious than being at work.
Sure I do some of the same menial tasks every week (laundry, dishes, cleaning, picking up toys, etc) – or in some cases every day – and they are the chores that keep on giving which is super annoying, but they’d have to be done regardless of whether I worked outside the home or not. And I mean, I used to do some really boring things every day when I worked at a creative design agency (time tracking, email archiving, file cleanup, etc) and it was one of the best and most fun places I’ve worked. So you’ll find boring anywhere.
And sure the people I had to work with are slightly more adultish than the one I’m working with now (just barely), but we get out and do things and interact with people on a day-to-day basis so I don’t really feel too out of touch with society. And most of the time it’s doing fun things not work-related things which is clearly way better. So I just don’t see how my work here is really any different from the workplace except for I can do things at a slower pace, on my own schedule and I give myself my own assignments. Am I missing something?
Maybe I just have a good balance of social and homebody in me. Or maybe it’s because I only have an {almost} 11-month-old and I do work part time so I get to use my brain in other ways. But I think even without the work on the side I could keep myself busy and stimulated enough – both in mind and body – thank you very much. It’s called reading, activities and different hobbies, am I right?
Buuut, talk to me again in another year or two and we’ll see where I’m at. Just something I was thinking about and wanted to share. Agree/disagree?
So not boringly yours,
Laura