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Don't Want to Return to Work

My husband's job is not very busy and we had a conversation about me finding work late last year. Things improved and I never really looked for work. Now the topic is out there again and I am just melting inside thinking of leaving my daughter with his mom all day. I do not have a job to return to, I was laid off a week before I became pregnant with our daughter. I want to cut back on spending and try to make things work without having to return to the workforce, or if that isn't enough, possibly work from home or at night. What ideas/suggestions do you ladies have? I know women return to work all the time, my mom did. BUT, I just don't want to do it... I want both of us to raise our daughter, that was our plan. His parents are 30 minutes away and one has health issues... in their 70's...so not a convenient set-up. He is in the mortgage business, so times were good and we have savings, but times are so bad now, he is worried. I have lived off of a lot less in the past and so has he. I need a good plan to present to him that both of us can live with... LADIES, please help me start this conversation with him that I've been putting off and off!

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Hi L.,
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Hi there!

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Hello L.,

You are exactly right!! It is of utmost importance to stay home with your daughter. I, too stay home with my 3 children ages 13, 9, and 5 while at the same time working my home based business. It is interesting to me how many moms responded with the idea of a home based business. I believe this is the business model of the future!! What if you could create an income from home that would have the potential to pay you residual income? When looking for a home based business in network marketing please consider 4 things 1.) market place demand (do people want what you have?) 2.)timing and trends (like health and wellness products), 3.) consumable products (people reorder), 4.) the ability to leverage your time (Do you want to work 40 hours or have 100 people working 10-20 hours per week?). The company I am with meets all four of these requirements and it has been around for 28 years. What if you were able to create a great income from home that could provide stability for you and your family with or without your husband working? Please visit my website for additional information www.enrichinglives.myarbonne.com. Let me know if you have any questions.

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Hi L.

It sounds like we both have little angels! I was not supposed to be able to get pregnant after my chemotherapy and radiation treatments...but I did! So, congratulations to you! I too am a first time mom in my 40's and am looking forward, in the very near future, to staying home with my daughter!

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Hi L.,

I was just mulling this over myself the other day and wondering how much I would have to make to make it worth going back to work. It was a lot more than I expected. Probably the easiest way to figure it out is to write it out in numbers. In other words, write down all your bills and spending habits and average out what you spend a month. Look at what you might be able to cut back on to help save money. Then, separately, calculate how much more money you would have to spend to go back to work (gas, mileage on your car, eating out more for lunch, wardrobe, toll roads if applicable, and, if you choose not to use family because it would be a strain on them, the cost of day care). Then, using a ball park figure of what you might earn, figure out how much you would actually be bringing home extra a month after taxes and extra costs and decide if that amount is really worth the extra stress and effort on your part. Don't forget that now you'll have less time to clean, do laundry, make dinner, run errands and your husband will have to pitch in a lot more to avoid you becoming overwhelmed. Putting it all down on paper will help you both to see the big picture a little more clearly. You might ask him to sit down with you and you both do it together so that he is giving more input and feels like he's part of the decision. Hope this helps and good luck!

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