Maybe it's because I'm having such a rough day, beginning with my commute this morning, but I needed to post about this.

My second goal in building my coaching business is that it will allow me to work from home.

Currently, 3 days a week, I spend 11 hours out of my house between work and commute. I get about 6.5 to 7 hours of sleep those nights (which isn't enough), and I have about 4-5 hours for myself. 2 days a week, I spend more like 20 hours outside of my house because of my second job. I get much less sleep those nights, of course.

This does NOT work for me. I have no quality of life, and I jam so much into my weekends that I am often exhausted by Monday. I feel guilty about not cleaning on weekends, but it's hard to do it during the week, too. There just isn't enough time for me, much less my husband and me.

My stepkids are an absolute joy every other weekend, but when we had them during the week earlier this month, I felt like I was missing everything. I had so little time to spend with them before they were off to bed in the evenings.

I have total respect for moms who work full time by choice. But that is just not possible for me. I need to be in more control of MY time. And that means working from my home. It means that I will be home with my children, even if I need a babysitter during my working hours. Since I want to start having kids in the next year or two, it's time to make this happen now.

I want my quality of life, and it is not going to happen working this job. I have a good job for a great company that is very good to me, and I appreciate it completely, but it is just not right for me in the long term.

Leah, I SO identify with this. Neither my husband nor I have children yet, but we definitely want them in a few years. He is the primary breadwinner, so he'll definitely want to continue working. I really want to be able to stay home with kids.

But, I don't know that I could JUST stay home with kids. Being a SAHM is much more than a full-time job, but I think I'd still need a "ME" outlet. That's another reason why being a writer would be such a great career for me. I could have child care for a few hours a day to allow me time to write, but I'd still be there in the home with my kids if they needed me.

What you said about quality of life really resonates too. I only have one job, so I have much more free time than you do. But I HATE my job right now. I come home miserable and sour and libido-less and exhausted. That's not fair to me or to my husband. I know I need a major life makeover.

Things like this just give me THAT much more motivation to make this happen.

Thanks, Leah!