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Before I had my son I was working in Project Management in a Telecom company and looking after the sales reporting for a region. I was based in Pakistan and my boss was located in France. I used to connect with my boss and the other project managers of the region via conference calls. I was doing really well and getting huge bonuses and increments. I also would often fly to Egypt for meetings with all expenses covered by the company and any training I needed would be done in France.

I was a real hot shot.

And then along comes little Mr. Nadir and all my priorities changed. My company wrote a work from home policy (since they didn’t have one at the time) to facilitate my staying with them. I tried a month of it but I couldn’t concentrate on my work. How can you if your son is crying for you. I decided that if I couldn’t do well at my job there was no point in doing it at all. For me the motivation in doing something is if I can do it to the best of my ability. Financially we could do with my husband’s salary.

I quit my job.

I quickly came to the conclusion that raising a child was more difficult than any job I had done. There were no fixed timings, no coffee breaks, no sick leave and no salary benefits. And more than the work itself it is the consequences of what you do that are so daunting. The way you raise a child will largely affect the type of person he/she grows up to be. He/she will affect so many other people in his/her life and so on and so forth. The work you do in an office seems so trivial in comparison.

Now it’s been 4 years since I quit and I don’t miss my job as such but I do miss earning my own money. If I was to have an ideal job it would be one which just required me to work half day (in the morning) when my son would be at school. Obviously I would never have that seniority again as when I left but I wouldn’t mind any kind of work as long as I was there to pick up my son from school and for the rest of the day.

After all getting a hug from him and hearing his stories is more gratifying than any amount of money.

Daily Prompt: Money for Nothing

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18. My Dream of a Perfect Day… | Midwestern Plants
19. Passion Brings You Money ! | Knowledge Addiction
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27. Forging friendships and learning: help me pitch? | callieweylin
28. A Soaring Heart | snapshotsofawanderingheart
29. Daily Prompt: Work | That Montreal Girl
30. 265. The Perfect Job | Barely Right of Center
31. That’s My Life | Flowers and Breezes
32. Artsy Fartsy | Maria For Real
33. If I were a Carpenter and You were a Lady? | meanderedwanderings
34. Dreamy job! Daily Prompt | alienorajt
35. Daily Prompt: Money for Nothing | Chronicles of an Anglo Swiss
36. Working Fur Free… | Haiku By Ku
37. Whats more lovely than being a part of kindergarten? | harinivasudev
38. Rabbiting on: Marzipan Three | alienorajt
39. I May Not Have a Piece of Paper, But I’m Fluent in Proficiency | A Sober Head Full Of Confusion
40. American Dream | Finale to an Entrance
41. Ideas4Humanity.com(tm)
42. Dreams Do Change | Lisa’s Kansa Muse
43. Dream Job | My Play Nook
44. Daily Prompt: Money for Nothing | Not The Sword But The Pen
45. Daily Prompt: Money for Nothing | The Poet Stefan
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47. Dreaming About My Dream Job – Musings | wangsgard.com
48. Daily Prompt: Money for Nothing – Inspiring the World or Sinful Pleasure Seeker | Just Be V
49. Daily Prompt : Dream Job | Processing the life
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51. Life of a zookeeper in an imagined zoo | A picture is worth 1000 words
52. Beowulf/Daily Prompt | I’m a Writer, Yes I Am
53. IS THIS WORK! | Francine In Retirement
54. Word Doctor | thejimmieG
55. DP: Work | As I See It
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59. Isn’t It Obvious? | Under the Monkey Tree
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62. DP: The Mirror of Erised | Scorched Ice
63. Compagnon de Voyage….(wp daily prompt) | Daily Observations
64. Time Lord Required: Apply Within (It’s Bigger) | Steve Says….
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71. RUINED FOR WORK | SERENDIPITY
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75. Monk for the Revolution | Coyota Fiera
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80. Money For Fun and Creativeness | Read Me
81. Haiku: Righteous Work | Dhikrcave
82. The Pioneering Mathematician | [In]motivation
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84. What Am I Supposed To Do With My Life? | lynnesartandsoul
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92. Life Of A Cosmetologist!
93. If I had my druthers | Willow’s Corner
94. Big Bucks of Babysitting | 365 Days of Thank You
95. A Day I Dream Of Living | Call Me Incorrigible
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