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[quote=Anonymous]I make around $350 as a lawyer. I'm the main breadwinner. I work 8 to 5, go home and bathe, play with kids, then after putting them to bed (aged 4 and 2) make dinner and usually continue working from home. Some nights I work for under an hour, others I could be up til 3am.

I enjoy my work and it would be hard to do the kind of law I do on reduced hours. Sometimes I feel exhausted by it all, but generally I feel grateful that I'm able to continue working in this kind of role and also I get some time with my kids every day. The things that make it work for me are: husband being great and sharing the load, having a v short commute so I don't waste time with that and get more time with kids, having a v good boss who respects my off-hours in the evening, and also keeping my weekends generally clear. Any work I need to do I usually do in the evenings on weekends so I get to spend both days with family.

If money was no object I don't know what I'd do. I don't think I'd be a Satm because I had long maternity leaves and while I loved it for that amount of time, I think any longer and I would have been very restless, as I found full time childcare to be a combination of boring and exhausting. I love being with my kids but I don't think any of us would benefit from me doing that 24/7. I like the challenging aspects of my job and although I ideally would like a job with shorter hours/lower expectations, I can't imagine what that would be - but if money was no object I think I'd probably look into that further and try to find out.[/quote]

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