I wrote a while back about my love-hate relationship with work travel as a mum. Only now I’ve decided I actually just hate mum work travel. Last night I returned so exhausted every bone in my body ached and I had that fuzzy, not quite there feeling – like my brain was looking through some translucent…
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Work Travel as a Mum: My Love-Hate Relationship
I travel with work. Not too often, but when I do it’s long distances and I have to leave my son with my mother. I have a love-hate journey with work travel as a mum, from the moment I close that door, till I place the key in its rightful slot some days later. I…
10 Things Every Part-Time Working Mum Can Relate To
Since having my son, like lots of mums, I’ve gone down to part-time hours. When you have young children* being a part-time working mum is often seen as the best of both worlds, but the reality is a lot more complex than that. 1. It provides a good work-life balance. I think this is the one…
Travelling Without My Toddler
Somehow, since returning to work over a year ago I’ve managed to avoid any overseas trips. That’s about to end in dramatic style with a ten day trip. Without my son. I did try to mastermind some scheme where I could take him with me, but I’ll be working such long days even if he was…