I was trying to decide which element of our daily experience to work on this week when my 9 month old put something strange in his mouth that he found on the floor. It occurred to me that maybe cleaning the floor more should be my goal for this week, but that just isn't me.
I started this blog because most mornings I feel stressed before 8 am. Is that because of my coffee habit? My lack of activity? My 9 month old's habit to eat whatever he finds? I think I am dodging the elephant in the room to not look at the real reason: money. I hate to admit that because I am not someone that thinks you need a lot of money to be happy. That said, the combination of my husband trying to stick to his convictions, and work for a non-profit, and me trying to stick to my convictions, and stay home with our boys, has left us broke. The time has come that I need to start bringing in some money. The question: do I find some part-time job opposite my husband's schedule that probably makes $10 or less an hour to help us get by, do I use my graduate degrees to get a full-time job? And in the case of the latter, do we then put our kids in daycare (which would eat up most of my full-time salary) or does my husband become a stay at home dad (my full-time job would probably make more than his full-time job, though not a lot more).
So at some point today I will come up with my weekly challenge to make me feel more zen at home, but if anyone is reading...would you be interested in also following our financial journey...or is that boring and make me come across as whiny? (Just in case I do seem whiny, let me clarify that we are raising two boys on less than $40k a year, so I am not exaggerating when I say things are tight. Not poverty level, but not comfortably in the middle class either). Let me know!
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