June Cleaver meets Mary Tyler Moore
Sigh...it has taken me all week to "make" the time to write about something that struck me on Monday.
After traveling back home for the weekend, I worked from home on Monday morning. I had planned that because I predicted that we may not be moving at full speed after the time change and traveling. I got Jeremiah off to daycare and then came home to dig in to my work. I really enjoy working from home, because I feel so much more productive. There are much fewer distractions and I really get busy on my projects. In addition to accomplishing more than what I would at my desk at work, I was able to wash two loads of laundry and start a roast in the crockpot. Being able to do these domestic tasks made me feel like I was somehow "managing to balance it all".
I came to the office for the afternoon, but on my drive in I was very contemplative about the role I want to play and the one I must play. I recently read a statistic that more than 50 percent of women who work outside the home do so because they must for financial reasons, not because that is their preference. That's quite the swing from the 1970's women's lib movement, when Mary Tyler Moore was the poster-woman for the working woman and women wanted to escape the June Cleaver stereotype. (On a side note, I love the movie Mona Lisa Smile because it addresses the sociology of the role of women .)
Working from home morphs the two for me. I am able to enjoy what I do professionally but feel like I am doing what I want/need to for my family. Unfortunately I don't think I'm allowed to work from home full time. Darn!
Coming soon - "Why Thursday is becoming one of my favorite days!"
After traveling back home for the weekend, I worked from home on Monday morning. I had planned that because I predicted that we may not be moving at full speed after the time change and traveling. I got Jeremiah off to daycare and then came home to dig in to my work. I really enjoy working from home, because I feel so much more productive. There are much fewer distractions and I really get busy on my projects. In addition to accomplishing more than what I would at my desk at work, I was able to wash two loads of laundry and start a roast in the crockpot. Being able to do these domestic tasks made me feel like I was somehow "managing to balance it all".
I came to the office for the afternoon, but on my drive in I was very contemplative about the role I want to play and the one I must play. I recently read a statistic that more than 50 percent of women who work outside the home do so because they must for financial reasons, not because that is their preference. That's quite the swing from the 1970's women's lib movement, when Mary Tyler Moore was the poster-woman for the working woman and women wanted to escape the June Cleaver stereotype. (On a side note, I love the movie Mona Lisa Smile because it addresses the sociology of the role of women .)
Working from home morphs the two for me. I am able to enjoy what I do professionally but feel like I am doing what I want/need to for my family. Unfortunately I don't think I'm allowed to work from home full time. Darn!
Coming soon - "Why Thursday is becoming one of my favorite days!"
posted by MJ at
8:49 AM
1 Comments:
So, would you prefer you code name to be Mary Cleaver or June Tyler Moore? :) I LOVE the analogy! Can't wait to read your post about Thursdays. Have a great week MJ. C
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