Comments on: Your Home: The Best Company To Work For http://simplemom.net/your-home-the-best-company-to-work-for/ Live intentionally. Sat, 11 Feb 2012 15:37:23 +0000 hourly 1 By: Fiona Lewis http://simplemom.net/your-home-the-best-company-to-work-for/comment-page-1/#comment-131142 Fiona Lewis Sun, 01 May 2011 03:21:55 +0000 http://simplemom.net/?p=1019#comment-131142 Definitely, being a mom is the best job and lifelong career for any woman! Your article is very reflective and should be recommended to other moms out there who feel tired, bothersome, and worn out of keeping their family and house. Definitely, being a mom is the best job and lifelong career for any woman! Your article is very reflective and should be recommended to other moms out there who feel tired, bothersome, and worn out of keeping their family and house.

]]> By: Quick Links for Moms http://simplemom.net/your-home-the-best-company-to-work-for/comment-page-1/#comment-72441 Quick Links for Moms Wed, 17 Mar 2010 14:00:59 +0000 http://simplemom.net/?p=1019#comment-72441 [...] excerpt from Tsh: )Your home: the best company to work for)–“Running a home is not unlike running a business, and you’re doing yourself (and your [...] [...] excerpt from Tsh: )Your home: the best company to work for)–“Running a home is not unlike running a business, and you’re doing yourself (and your [...]

]]> By: Quick Links for Moms « My Online Resume http://simplemom.net/your-home-the-best-company-to-work-for/comment-page-1/#comment-42945 Quick Links for Moms « My Online Resume Wed, 22 Apr 2009 17:43:35 +0000 http://simplemom.net/?p=1019#comment-42945 [...] excerpt from Tsh: )Your home: the best company to work for)–“Running a home is not unlike running a business, and you’re doing yourself (and your [...] [...] excerpt from Tsh: )Your home: the best company to work for)–“Running a home is not unlike running a business, and you’re doing yourself (and your [...]

]]> By: Sara http://simplemom.net/your-home-the-best-company-to-work-for/comment-page-1/#comment-18134 Sara Mon, 15 Dec 2008 16:57:53 +0000 http://simplemom.net/?p=1019#comment-18134 This is just what I needed to hear right now! Thank you! I was once told that I could be easily replaced at my job but never replaced at home...I love that mantra! This is just what I needed to hear right now! Thank you! I was once told that I could be easily replaced at my job but never replaced at home…I love that mantra!

]]> By: Cara http://simplemom.net/your-home-the-best-company-to-work-for/comment-page-1/#comment-18011 Cara Sun, 14 Dec 2008 21:44:16 +0000 http://simplemom.net/?p=1019#comment-18011 mmm... great points Trollinorge! We ask these questions in our house a lot! I think for us, I am wired to be a CEO. My Myers Briggs Type is ESTJ/ENTJ so my personality is suited to run several programs, know who needs to be where and when, make sure the myriad things involved with children, school, a household, etc. are done. My husband is not wired this way. He's an artist, very detail oriented, but not so much big picture. He is completely capable of running the home, but it doesn't suit his personality, and I think he would get very frustrated very quickly. I wish we had the choices and respect for family care in the U.S. that you all have! I applaud your choice to live somewhere where the life/work balance is a priority. We've kind of got it all goofed up here in the States. mmm… great points Trollinorge! We ask these questions in our house a lot! I think for us, I am wired to be a CEO. My Myers Briggs Type is ESTJ/ENTJ so my personality is suited to run several programs, know who needs to be where and when, make sure the myriad things involved with children, school, a household, etc. are done. My husband is not wired this way. He’s an artist, very detail oriented, but not so much big picture. He is completely capable of running the home, but it doesn’t suit his personality, and I think he would get very frustrated very quickly.

I wish we had the choices and respect for family care in the U.S. that you all have! I applaud your choice to live somewhere where the life/work balance is a priority. We’ve kind of got it all goofed up here in the States.

]]> By: Trollinorge http://simplemom.net/your-home-the-best-company-to-work-for/comment-page-1/#comment-18010 Trollinorge Sun, 14 Dec 2008 20:57:18 +0000 http://simplemom.net/?p=1019#comment-18010 Interesting post! I ’m just not sure I understand it. For me the question is not: Is raising kids and being COE of a family a real job? Of course it is, what else. AND when I choose my “company”, one who is listed at Wall Street or my family company, I suppose I do that because I love what I do. Not all the time, not every day, but mostly. The real question for me is: Does a woman after giving birth to her child a real choice? And do MEN have a choice? Do we, women, let them have the choice to stay at home and do COE-family-job? We moved to Scandinavia to have this choice, to live in a country where family-needs are top-priority and where women AND MEN have the possibility to make this choices (and get financial help from the state if one of them chooses to stay at home, but where it is possible to see your kids even when both work). The second question coming to my mind is that I ‘m not sure that all mums have this God-given qualification to be the best and only person to raise kids. I ‘m definitely not. I love the work the preschool teachers of my kids do, I never would and will have the patience and engagement in playing they have, but I and my husband are good at giving other thing to my kids. So my husband and me share this “work” whit the teachers at school and preschool, and we share the work at home. I admit also in this case, that our house is not the cleanest in the road, but when friends come over I simply suppose that they want see us and not the cleanest house in town. Well, I must conclude that our blessing is to have the choice what kind of jobs we want to do! And to have BOTH the possibility to do to or three at the time! <abbr><em>Trollinorge´s last blog post...<a href="http://blog.gravatar.com/2008/12/11/say-cheese/" rel="nofollow">Say Cheese</a></abbr></em> Interesting post! I ’m just not sure I understand it. For me the question is not: Is raising kids and being COE of a family a real job? Of course it is, what else. AND when I choose my “company”, one who is listed at Wall Street or my family company, I suppose I do that because I love what I do. Not all the time, not every day, but mostly.
The real question for me is: Does a woman after giving birth to her child a real choice? And do MEN have a choice? Do we, women, let them have the choice to stay at home and do COE-family-job?
We moved to Scandinavia to have this choice, to live in a country where family-needs are top-priority and where women AND MEN have the possibility to make this choices (and get financial help from the state if one of them chooses to stay at home, but where it is possible to see your kids even when both work).

The second question coming to my mind is that I ‘m not sure that all mums have this God-given qualification to be the best and only person to raise kids. I ‘m definitely not. I love the work the preschool teachers of my kids do, I never would and will have the patience and engagement in playing they have, but I and my husband are good at giving other thing to my kids. So my husband and me share this “work” whit the teachers at school and preschool, and we share the work at home. I admit also in this case, that our house is not the cleanest in the road, but when friends come over I simply suppose that they want see us and not the cleanest house in town.
Well, I must conclude that our blessing is to have the choice what kind of jobs we want to do! And to have BOTH the possibility to do to or three at the time!

Trollinorge´s last blog post…Say Cheese

]]> By: Debbie http://simplemom.net/your-home-the-best-company-to-work-for/comment-page-1/#comment-17947 Debbie Sat, 13 Dec 2008 23:02:01 +0000 http://simplemom.net/?p=1019#comment-17947 This is one of the best posts I've ever read. Thank you! This is one of the best posts I’ve ever read. Thank you!

]]> By: Blessed http://simplemom.net/your-home-the-best-company-to-work-for/comment-page-1/#comment-17920 Blessed Sat, 13 Dec 2008 14:21:44 +0000 http://simplemom.net/?p=1019#comment-17920 I've been feeling overwhelmed with my job lately - thanks for the encouragement - I appreciate it! <abbr><em>Blessed´s last blog post...<a href="http://crazydogslife.blogspot.com/2008/12/great-program-for-kids.html" rel="nofollow">A Great Program for Kids</a></abbr></em> I’ve been feeling overwhelmed with my job lately – thanks for the encouragement – I appreciate it!

Blessed´s last blog post…A Great Program for Kids

]]> By: Krista D. http://simplemom.net/your-home-the-best-company-to-work-for/comment-page-1/#comment-17916 Krista D. Sat, 13 Dec 2008 12:26:58 +0000 http://simplemom.net/?p=1019#comment-17916 Thank you SO much, Simple Mom. I have been praying a lot lately, asking God for his will in my life, and he has told me that I need to put down my part time job to focus more on my family (I have a DH, and three DD, 5 mo, 2.5 years and 4.5 years). The home and the family have become more and more overwhelming for me recently, and it is because I have not been treating it as a JOB, I've been treating it as a hobby to be taken care of in my free time between playing with the kids and working my part time job. When God asked me to put my part time job aside and focus on my home, I was scared and uncertain. I was afraid of the lack of self, and the lack of appreciation. Your post really spoke to me about the love, and the importance of the work that it takes to manage a home correctly. THANK YOU!! Thank you SO much, Simple Mom. I have been praying a lot lately, asking God for his will in my life, and he has told me that I need to put down my part time job to focus more on my family (I have a DH, and three DD, 5 mo, 2.5 years and 4.5 years). The home and the family have become more and more overwhelming for me recently, and it is because I have not been treating it as a JOB, I’ve been treating it as a hobby to be taken care of in my free time between playing with the kids and working my part time job. When God asked me to put my part time job aside and focus on my home, I was scared and uncertain. I was afraid of the lack of self, and the lack of appreciation. Your post really spoke to me about the love, and the importance of the work that it takes to manage a home correctly. THANK YOU!!

]]> By: Dena http://simplemom.net/your-home-the-best-company-to-work-for/comment-page-1/#comment-17913 Dena Sat, 13 Dec 2008 12:00:04 +0000 http://simplemom.net/?p=1019#comment-17913 Yeah, I'd rather agree with the people who don't see this as a real job. It makes me feel more like I'm on vacation. The only problem is: why is vacation so busy. :>) Yeah, I’d rather agree with the people who don’t see this as a real job. It makes me feel more like I’m on vacation. The only problem is: why is vacation so busy. :>)

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