Learning by Experience 34

I can understand my friends who are mothers very, very well.

Where we were: Yes: We were going to have a baby and I told the company that I would be back to work within 1.5 months at the latest. So, I was appointed as marketing director and became a mother in January 2003 ❤️

 

And I was no longer in control of my time😳😳 Your sleeping, moving, eating were entirely dependent on the demands of this new little, crucial boss. I was shocked!

Although I had a boarding assistant in our house, of course I wanted to take care of everything about my baby. The more passionate I am at my job, the more passionate I have become for my baby!

In the very first month, my other baby, my job, had begun to make demands... I was making a superhuman effort to keep up with them! I physically returned to work after 1.5 months. My mother or sister was always at my house when I was not, otherwise I was not in a mood to fully entrust my baby to any helper in the world... Probably, my son woke up at least five times at night because we could not see him in the morning and I took care of him at night ... This situation continued until he was 1.5 years old. I can't tell how tired I was physically between those 1.5 months and 1.5 years ...

 

When I look back:

1. For working women, especially the first 6 months, it is very fragile ... We will provide support from all sides, we must.

2. I was very lucky, if I did not have super support from my family and my wife, I could give up everything and take a break with a mother instinct. This decision could put my whole career on a different path ... Staying in the game is very important.

3. My company was very good. Continuing to be entitled and coping with remorse depends on self-governance. At that time, I had mobilized all my financial means to buy the time ... As a result, everything becomes much easier and much more manageable when the child starts attending kindergarten... The critical 2,5 we talked about, maximum 3 years. Of course, it does not end after that, especially I have never liked long business trips because I have a child😊

After all, it was a great reward for someone who works as hard as me to taste this pleasure too 🙏 Thank goodness!

I am happy now that I can understand my friends who are mothers very, very well.