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[quote=Anonymous]OP, I didn't see anything in your post about why you want to go back to work. What are you looking for? Are you bored? Are you worried about your future?

I don't think there's any reason you have to go back to work, and you still have a lot of years of parenting ahead of you. But if you feel like something is missing, then go ahead!

My mom, after raising and launching three kids, got a job doing people's taxes at H&R Block. I know this might sound like a "lowly" job to a lot of posters here but she loved it. She didn't need the money, but she always loved finances and doing taxes and whatnot, she is SO chatty and extroverted so she loved to chat with people about their jobs, their lives, how their years went, etc. She felt more educated about the world because she saw how Obamacare changed people's financial situations, for example - for a woman who never really spoke up about current affairs in her life it was fun to see her get engaged and have firsthand knowledge. And she LOVED being able to find little tricks to get people bigger returns. After a decade now she has a little portfolio of clients that she just does taxes for every year and she doesn't do any walk ins any more. She can set her own hours, she has tracked her clients' lives year after year, she considers them friends. And it's made her some fun money on the side.

But she had her reasons for going back. If you don't want to, don't! Life is not about work, work is not value. You have the gift and privilege to make your life what you want, so go ahead. [/quote]

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