I Love My Job
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I love my job.
Have I mentioned that lately?
Well, I do. Ask me in a month and I might say differently. There are times where if you would have asked me 6 months ago, I would have just looked at you and cried. Even with that being the case, I still would not want to do anything else, anywhere else. I always end up coming back to deep gratitude for the opportunity to be at home.
I mean yeah, I LOVE to write and hope to make a full-time career of that one day but I love being with my kids every day. I have always hated working. I never felt valued, I never felt accomplished no matter what job I had. It wasn’t the job it was me.
It never felt right for me to pay someone else to take care of and spend more time with my child than I got to. When I worked, I always felt like I was just doing it for someone else and never felt like I owned my job title or that was who I was. While I was at work, I would be thinking of the tons of stuff I needed to do or would rather be doing at home. Home is where I felt valued and home is where I felt that the work I did mattered. This is what I’m good at. I even wrote an entire article about it you can read about it here.
With the threat of Christmas (ha-ha) rapidly approaching I find myself a little frantic thinking about how much financial help we need around the holidays and how I should be helping to contribute financially. Caving under the pressure, I jump on the job boards to see what’s out there. Ten minutes later I shudder and cringe reading through the 5 paragraphs of “job duties” and “expectations” for each job. No, no, no and nope! Not me, not worth it, I don’t wanna. It is not that I am lazy, I would say my “job duties” working at home is way longer than any on the job boards, it just seems meaningless to me.

I often find myself thinking, maybe if I finished my bachelor’s in psychology degree and got that counseling job I dreamed of I would feel differently. But I don’t know, I don’t think it is so much about the type of work as it is me wanting to be 100% involved in the upbringing of my children. If my kids make bad choices or have behavior problems then guess what…. that’s on me. I won’t be analyzing if it is because of something that happened at daycare. Yet, also, if my toddler starts putting together a puzzle like a pro, or my son picks up his Bible to read it’s because of the effort I put in working with them.
I’m structured, I thrive, I’m determined, I am never bored. Just when sometimes things start to feel complacent things change. Kids change and grow fast! I want my kids to have the security of me being available to them.
So today after a walk and outside play, my daughter and I sit listening to piano ballads on the Google Hub, while sharing our lunch together, I realize……man, I love my job! God has been gracious, and I never want to stop expressing my gratitude on how much I value that I get to do this.
It definitely has perks and the benefits far outweigh the days when I want to pull my hair out and cry in the corner. I’ll take a bad day at home any day rather than a bad day at the office. So for the stay-at-home moms that may feel guilty or that staying at home doesn’t have as much value as working outside of the home, rest assured you are doing one of the most valuable jobs you could ever do. You’ll never look back and regret it!
October 31, 2019 @ 7:12 pm
All the YESs to being a stay at home mom. I was never able to and can offer 100 different stresses that happen when you work outside of the home and have kids.
You are blessed Amy!!!
October 27, 2019 @ 7:20 pm
Love hearing about Mums that are able to be at home with their young children, I did it and don’t regret a thing. They grow so quickly and you are providing a solid foundation which they will fall back on in years to come. Enjoy every moment.
October 27, 2019 @ 6:00 pm
Right now you are lucky to be able to be home with your kids. I’ve had many mornings of leaving the children crying as I drove to work, also crying. It was horrible!
Now they are both at school and I’m racing them to breakfast club and school, then working.. and then racing in the evening to collect them, then reading and homework etc..
Being mum is very hard and we can only do out best! I would have loved more but due to money and work, we have stopped at two. X
October 27, 2019 @ 12:05 pm
We adopted our first son. It took some adjustment and we able to have my wife stay home with him. Late we found out he had autism and having a parent available for his care and development was important.
What you do for your child today will be with him the rest of his life. There are no paid sick days, the hours suck and the retirement package well forget it but the pay is amazing.
October 27, 2019 @ 1:59 pm
Blair, that is exactly right! The benefits suck but I know it will be so worth it. I’m glad your wife was able to invest in your son.
October 26, 2019 @ 11:35 pm
You are doing the best and right thing for your kiddos. I am a grandma and while my kids were small I was also fortunate to stay at home and guide them day by day. I do not regret a moment of those wonderful years with my children. They have their own kiddos and I love to spend time with them as well. I am still working full-time, so I do not have the luxury of taking care of them full time, but quality time does help.
Do not let anybody tell you that you have a lesser ‘job’ because you have the MOST IMPORTANT job of all on this planet Earth, and that is called Mother to your kiddos.
October 27, 2019 @ 2:03 pm
Esme, thanks for your kind words. I’m so glad that you told me how you don’t regret staying home with your children. It does give me piece of mind.
Now if only the job paid what it is worth haha.