Part 3 (and maybe 4) tomorrow, or someone will kill me for LJ flooding <wry g>.
A part-time job in a bookstore was a sanity saver for me in the early days of my first child, Yoon. It was the only way to get out of the house that didn't -cost- money, and it made me feel like I was an adult. And that I could, you know, go to the bathroom without leaving an infant screaming :/. Or eat. Or answer the phone <wry g>.
But I learned this from a freelance writer friend: He said that he was making enough to stay home -- but that going out to socialize in any way, which he needed to do for sanity and to refresh the writing well -- cost him scads of money. So he ended up finding a low-pay part-time job (didn't say what) because it was the only way to get out of the house without spending money.
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Date: 2004-07-29 11:28 pm (UTC)A part-time job in a bookstore was a sanity saver for me in the early days of my first child, Yoon. It was the only way to get out of the house that didn't -cost- money, and it made me feel like I was an adult. And that I could, you know, go to the bathroom without leaving an infant screaming :/. Or eat. Or answer the phone <wry g>.
But I learned this from a freelance writer friend: He said that he was making enough to stay home -- but that going out to socialize in any way, which he needed to do for sanity and to refresh the writing well -- cost him scads of money. So he ended up finding a low-pay part-time job (didn't say what) because it was the only way to get out of the house without spending money.