Am I Primarily a Freelancer – or A Stay At Home Dad?

Sep

Am I Primarily a Freelancer – or A Stay At Home Dad?

Tagged Under : Family, Freelancer, inspiration, lifestyle

I’m a freelancer. I’m also a husband and a father. My wife stays at home with our kids and she’s a great mom. Sometimes she needs to get out of the house to get groceries, take pictures, or go for a run. It’s been nice for her that I’m usually at home to keep an eye on the kids so she doesn’t need to load them up and bring them with.

I know that many of you are parents, and if your kids are pre-school age, this is yet another advantage of the Work Anywhere lifestyle. While working from home definitely has its negative aspects, being available as a part-time daycare provider has been a good thing.

Obviously my kids agree. I’m like a human jungle gym.

NOTE: Sorry about the crappy audio on this one again. The level meter says I’m okay, but something is distorting the signal. Might be time for a clip on mic.

Comments | Posted by : Dave Yankowiak

Jeremy

I think the honest answer is a lucky dad. So many people have to live in the gray cube farm and not be around their kids for 12 hours a day, only to go home and put them to bed. Although my daughter does Montessori during the day... I appreciate the flexibility to be able to drop her off/pick her up and also to have her stay home when she's sick or not at school. This is a much better scenario than the typical one!

Jeremy @ RefocusingTechnology.com

JakeDOlson

I'll just go on the record here by saying that there are definately pros and cons to "being able to fill in once and a while" around the house. As someone who works from anywhere, but also works on an agreed upon set number of hours, I find myself feeling guilt and pressure when I take an hour with the kids... because I know I'm gonna have to make that hour up some time, so I find myself in the "not fully present" state of mind when I'm with them.

daveyank

I agree 100% - there are pros and cons. I find that I almost have to plan on not getting any work done during these times, and if I am able to get work done it's a bonus. The topic of being "fully present" comes up at our house as well. It definitely takes discipline and practice to get the work/family balance down when you work from home.

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