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Are You Cut Out for Remote Work?
When I first began working with moms considering careers in tech, I thought they would all want to work from home. I thought being at home and earning income was the epitome of success. I thought every mom would think the same thing I did. I learned very quickly while most of the women I worked with loved the idea of flexibility, they all had a different idea of what flexibility meant to them. And remote work was not necessarily the answer.
After spending the last 6 — 7 years working from home, I have had to adjust to many life circumstances. I had a baby and started my masters degree online (‘Boiler Up) 6 weeks later which meant I had to work between the baby’s naps and preschool. Boy, those were the times! Then I worked while I had two preschoolers and two in grade school. I remember being in the car a lot then! I always found work at night to be a quick and focused time to work as my kids went to bed early and my husband traveled frequently.
Now that my kids are a little older, they are in school during the day, but go to bed a little later. As I write things, we are still working our way through quarantine as a country so add some virtual schooling in there as an experience of working from home. My point is much of my work from home time has looked very different. I’ve had to re-invent when and where I work. While I like working from home generally, I can…
