Motherhood and the changes in career paths
Why do we all work (work apart from the household requirements)? Multiple reasons: 1. Earning money to buy resources 2. Being a resource for someone as you feel you can value add 3. To do justice to what you have studied so far 4. To kill time 5. To feel good, meet people, interact socially I used to enjoy working in the corporate and continued to work until the previous day of my delivery. But after Snugbub happened I understand, what I was doing was ticking off point no. 1, 3, 4, 5. I was happy but I definitely was not passionate. I was just 'doing what was required/ told' and I was deriving happiness from social interactions more than my work. Like most of the women, I was in two minds when I delivered my babies, preterm, low birth weight, needing more care and attention. Being in a niche team asking for flexibility didn't work. I decided to just take a break, enjoy motherhood and go with the flow. I always had a liking towards babies and now was my time to li