So many of you have an inspiring story to tell. Here is a small series.
Q / Did your parents both work when you were a child? Whom do you consider to have been your primary caretakers?
A / Both my parents worked full time when i was a child. As a matter of fact my mother returned to work after 2 weeks after giving birth. She had been
home with my brother for 3 years and didn't feel fulfilled and didn't want to do that with me. I was looked after by a full time Nanny.
home with my brother for 3 years and didn't feel fulfilled and didn't want to do that with me. I was looked after by a full time Nanny.
I liked my Nanny and didn't feel that i missed out on my parents either as they were always home in the evening, weekends and holidays.
None the less i always said that i would raise my children Nanny free......sometimes i wonder why i feel so strongly about that and also
weather i really will be able to pull it off.
None the less i always said that i would raise my children Nanny free......sometimes i wonder why i feel so strongly about that and also
weather i really will be able to pull it off.
Q / In your teens, did you ever have a dream of what your life would be like in terms of career and/or children?
A /Not really, especially not career wise. I always wanted to have 2 children and still plan on pushing ahead with that.
Q / To what extent have you fulfilled these dreams from above? Do parts still remain a dream but not a reality? Have you acquired new dreams for the years to come?
A / At one point my life became completely career orientated (BC- Before Child), but i feel that i have managed to pull it back into a more balanced life. I still work
more then i would like to, but i still manage to handle my family life without outside (except for my mum and husband) help. Sometimes i have wondered if having another
child might tip this balance as i am not sure i will still be able to so it all, but i am not willing to sacrifice my dream of 2 children, even if it means giving in to getting a Nanny to help in the first few
years.
more then i would like to, but i still manage to handle my family life without outside (except for my mum and husband) help. Sometimes i have wondered if having another
child might tip this balance as i am not sure i will still be able to so it all, but i am not willing to sacrifice my dream of 2 children, even if it means giving in to getting a Nanny to help in the first few
years.
Q / If you work, are you satisfied with what you do? Please explain.
A / hmmm thats a hard one. My job isn't my chosen one, I have inherited it. I am lucky to get a fully intact well running business to call my own. However it also comes with responsibilities, meaning
that its hard to even take the normal 25 days holiday a year. Sometimes i wish i could just work for a company and not worry too much about the bigger picture, just do my job and go home, but its not like that.
With the whole family living from this business, i have a responsibility to run the company and run it well, so that it can supply not just my family, but a larger family circle. And then there are the expectations of running a family business....everyone feels like they have something to say and the hand over from one generation to another is not always a smooth one. Having a discussion at work can often lead to a bad atmosphere at the family dinner table a few hours later. Its definitely not easy but i am not complaining (too much ;)
that its hard to even take the normal 25 days holiday a year. Sometimes i wish i could just work for a company and not worry too much about the bigger picture, just do my job and go home, but its not like that.
With the whole family living from this business, i have a responsibility to run the company and run it well, so that it can supply not just my family, but a larger family circle. And then there are the expectations of running a family business....everyone feels like they have something to say and the hand over from one generation to another is not always a smooth one. Having a discussion at work can often lead to a bad atmosphere at the family dinner table a few hours later. Its definitely not easy but i am not complaining (too much ;)
Q / If you have children, is life with children how you expected it would be? Please explain.
A / I really think that having children is so very different from how you expect it to be. I don't believe that you give birth and you automatically become a mother. Its far more complex then i thought and i still look at R and cant actually believe he is my child! Its also so much hard work, never ending and always demanding. On the other hand its also the most fulfilling job in the world. Seeing him grow and develop is so much fun but nothing prepares you for how much they can wind you up by refusing to put on their shoes when your in a hurry. The day before R was born, B said "come on lets go out and do something, tomorrow our world will change forever and nothing, NOTHING will be the same again" he was right!
Q / Please write a short blurb on whether you work (and if yes, in what field and with what types of working times), whether you have children (and if yes, whether they are in daycare etc), and whether you have any particular hobbies. If you would like, state which country currently live in.
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