Tag Archives: working motherhood

Work At Home Mums don’t work

05 Friday Jul 2013

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“How are you enjoying the time off?”

It’s a question I’ve had quite a bit over the last couple of weeks. It’s always asked in a completely innocent way, but when I’m faced with that question I can’t help but feel my heckles rising slightly.

A couple of weeks ago I did my last radio show and hung up my headphones for a while. During the 18 months I presented a breakfast show I also worked as a freelance journalist and copywriter. It meant that some weeks I crammed in 75 hours of work. Juggled around the fact I had my toddler home every afternoon, you can see I was pretty busy. Continue reading »

The benefits of working in the middle of the night

19 Wednesday Sep 2012

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Whenever work comes up as a topic of conversation, I’m used to being met with pitying stares when people hear what time I have to get up in the morning.

And it’s true, it is horrendously early – the middle of the night some might argue. But it means I get to spend the majority of the afternoon with my toddler.

On days where I need to jack up on biscuits to escape the brick wall of exhaustion hurtling towards me at full speed, an afternoon solo with a two year old is sometimes tricky. But not on days like today. Continue reading »

The golden second

22 Friday Jun 2012

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It’s a moment much anticipated. As I wake at 3.30am on a Monday morning, those golden seconds seem light years away. The week stretches ahead like a pair of my oldest, baggiest, non-elasticated pants.

As I’m caught up with mum duties, work duties, house duties and all the other duties that rule my life, I momentarily forget about that special moment that will soon be mine.

But then I remember, hugging the anticipation of it close, a gleeful smile spreading slowly across my face. Continue reading »