My decision to quit the corporate world two years ago and shift to being a work at home mom is the best decision I’ve ever made as far as motherhood is concerned.
My thoughts about this is summed up in this letter I made for the little one a few months ago:
Dearest Little A,
What a precious sight that I’m beholding right now. I’m writing this letter at nine in the morning while gazing at a sleeping you and a snoring Daddy by your side. You’re having your morning nap while your Daddy is still having his long “night” sleep because he worked overnight in the office. He arrived at home earlier at 6 am. I’m wishing to take a picture of both you so I can wake up my sleepy senses. I feel so draggy and the space between you and daddy is very much inviting me to sleep as well. Mommy has been up since 2 am this morning and just like your Daddy, I worked. Online tasks are flooding Mommy’s way lately that I have to adjust my time, align my priorities and sacrifice a little “me” time just so I can accommodate these extra tasks. I feel so overwhelmed but I am not complaining because more work means more money. We need to save more money so we can buy your needs, take you to Manila Ocean Park soon, to buy us a camcorder (so you will have better videos) and of course, more money for our little mansion. I am just thankful because you know how to entertain and drive away Mommy’s stress with your antics. Just by the sight of your shaking booty, I’m fully energized right away. I am also grateful to your Yayie who’s fondly taking care of you so I can work. Most of all, I am just thankful because Mommy can work without going to the office. That means, I don’t have to leave you here at home and I can smooch and hug you whenever I want. Ahh, the joys and comfort of a work at home mom.
Love you,
Mommy
09.04.09
My stint as work at home mom wouldn’t be possible if not for the following:
1. My Harry (HP G60) laptop
2. A stable and fast internet connection
In this line of work, a fast and reliable internet connection is vital. I’m fortunate that we are subscribed to a fairly fast DSL service. I’m not dealing with an intermittent connection and I am not having problems receiving and sending emails, downloading pertinent files and visiting web sites. But taking a look at US internet providers’ services, the speed of my connection is beyond comparable to the likes of Qwest high speed Internet, for example. The speed of Qwest can go up to an amazing 20 Mbps. (Ours is just up to 4-5 Mbps). Huge, huge difference. I wonder how fast a 20 Mbps can go..perhaps the page has fully loaded even before the URL is entered.
Since we’re talking about Qwest, they also have the so-called Qwest phone service that provides lots of interesting features like unlimited local calling, low nationwide long distance calling rates, no solicitation, caller ID and forwarding, voicemail, three-way calling and a whole lot more.
Perhaps, if my connection is as fast as Qwest, more online income opportunities will come my way because of its faster download time.
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