Back to the Grind: The Difference of Job vs. Career Makes a Difference

When it is time to return to work outside the home, how you feel about that work will have an impact on how easy it is to go back to it. The six weeks most women take off after giving birth can fly by mighty fast. If you are going back to your job as opposed to getting back to your career, that time may seem to evaporate into thin air. Either way, those first crazy, wonderful days with your new baby will go fast but is it also a time to consider other changes?

When going through the life-changing process of becoming a parent, priorities often shift. All of a sudden, the previously thought of importance of a vast array of things seem meaningless, pointless, juvenile. An important part of maturity is learning to be good to yourself and your needs. Taking care of yourself and your needs ultimately enables you to take care better care of others – like your family. When it comes to your job, perhaps looking at it as a career would enable you to get more out of it. If there are possibilities for growth and you enjoy the people, orienting your goals towards making a career of that job could make the difference in how well you are able to juggle the work/life balance as a parent. If soul-searching about the current job you have and its potential leaves you cold, it is time to think about something different.

In a recent, nationally-done survey conducted by the magazine Working Mother in conjunction with Ernst & Young, IBM and Procter & Gamble, women who were invested in a career rated themselves happier across the board than mothers who worked just to pay the bills. In addition, they felt more respected and more confident. Feeling happier about things like your family, your marriage, and your choices will not go unnoticed by those very people you are so happy about.

We can all read books, talk to experts and try to do the right thing, but ultimately it will be leading the life that feels good to us that will enable us to be the best parents. Whatever choices you make, look hard at the reasons. Work towards a life that combines your needs along with those of your family and then reap the benefits of satisfaction.

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