I love my children more than life itself. Yet I still have this burning desire to fulfil my career ambitions . It’s funny because when I worked full time and the children were at nursery I felt awful for not being with them. I felt I was missing out on so much. When I returned to work after my second child I experienced so much guilt. It didn’t help that over time she began to feel like a stranger to me. How bad is that? I felt like I didn’t know my own child. She started nursery at nine months and looking back that was far too young, but we had to do what we had to do to make ends meet.
Now after the birth of our third child, circumstances have changed and it looks like I’ll be a SAHM (Stay at home mum), but I still want to tap into my creative side. I don’t want to lose all my skills and abilities built up through hard earned years of trying to climb the career ladder. My blog is helping tremendously to keep me in tune with the outside world, which is crucial, especially as I would like to return to the world of work once all my children are in school.
It’s so hard finding the right balance. I want nothing but the best for my children and in patnership with my better half I want us to be the ones to watch them grow, help instil values and mold them into good people. But at the same time I want to remain sane and not lose myself within the crazy world of parenthood. I want to be a successful career role model for my children by fulfilling my ambitions. After all they too will have to find their own way in this big wide world one day, and I want to be the one they can turn to for career support, guidance and advice when they need to provide for themselves and their families.
I must say blogging is the creative outlet I have been longing for. I am excited by the endless prospects and enjoying the flexibility that it brings. I am certain this journey will lead me to more beautiful places of self discovery, inspiration, fulfilment and happiness for my family and for me. I want to be able to look back on my child rearing years confident in the fact that I was able to successfully juggle the demands of raising my family and achieving career satisfaction. No easy feat, and I’m sure there will be lots of tears along the way (mostly my own), already my eldest is complaining that waiting is boring as I frantically try to type up a blog post, whilst blocking out plea’s to help make paper animals. This is going to be an interesting journey, but then I’ve always relished a challenge….
Natalie is a fiancee, mother of three and creator of The Accidental Mogul, a blog designed to share stories of career achievement, life goals and everything in between. After years of career frustration and dissatisfaction she decide to start a blog to share the experiences of others to motivate and inspire. She truly believes that sharing experiences is the elixir of life that helps us to achieve our true potential. Visit www.accidentalmogul.blogspot.com to find out more.