I've been on Activerain for under one month, now, and this is definitely how I identify myself. Agents in my office will often say "we know, we had young kids when we started in the business," and I wonder how much is the same, and how much has changed, really.
We all must have the extra lunches to pack each day as we go into town, dropping off children where they will spend a few hours, half or all day.
We all must get those calls to leave a showing to come pick up a sick child.
We all must think about our children as evenings and weekends are often spent with clients.
We all can appreciate, however, having a flexible schedule that we can attend our children's first performances in dance, sporting games, and field trips, if we choose to.
On top of it, I am attending grad school (1 weekend per month) and have settled on the fact that my business must be "quality" oriented, rather than "quantity". It took me a long time after my first child to accept that I should step out of the competition with agents who are truly full time plus++. I am also more selective with the clients I choose to work with, having no time to be tour guide!
I, too, am curious how others are dealing. I've chosen to take Tuesday afternoons and all of Thursdays off to be with my kids (8 months and 4 years) and I've been in the business for 7 years now, so this seems to work. We all get our "mid week fix" of each other and really appreciate the time my kids have to be not only with me, but together. There will be so many days ahead when they will need to be in school full time apart from me and each other. This decision has been more affordable (childcare expenses) as well as really benefited our relationship and time together.
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