Are you the Mom you thought you would be?

I always thought I’d be a working mum. My husband works in the building trade, and so his job, although well paid, is never very secure. However, I always expected to just work part-time while my children were young.

Things never work out quite how you expect them to though, and an unexpected change in circumstances lead me to look for a full-time while the girls were just three years old and still at nursery school.

Thankfully, my job is not far from my home or the girls’ school, so I have virtually no commuting time. I also work flexible hours, so I’m able to tailor my working week around my childcare.

I’d really love to be able to reduce my hours, and I hope to do this in a year or so. At the moment, I can drop my girls off at school every morning. I’d like to reduce my hours so that I can pick them up from school every day too.

Ideally, I’d love to be a fulltime work-at-home mum, making a good income from my blog and other writing projects. This is my dream.