Comments on: Open Loops 10/20/2009: Articles I Think Worth Passing Along http://www.simpleproductivityblog.com/open-loops-20091020/ Because a fulfilling life doesn't have to be complicated. Tue, 07 Feb 2012 13:37:03 +0000 hourly 1 By: vered | blogger for hire http://www.simpleproductivityblog.com/open-loops-20091020/#comment-1886 vered | blogger for hire Tue, 20 Oct 2009 15:40:15 +0000 http://www.simpleproductivityblog.com/open-loops-10202009-articles-i-think-worth-passing-along/#comment-1886 Thank you for an interesting collection of articles, and for the link love! Thank you for an interesting collection of articles, and for the link love!

]]> By: LJ http://www.simpleproductivityblog.com/open-loops-20091020/#comment-1885 LJ Tue, 20 Oct 2009 12:43:11 +0000 http://www.simpleproductivityblog.com/open-loops-10202009-articles-i-think-worth-passing-along/#comment-1885 Your point is well taken. You show that there are people out there who do the cost-benefit analysis and do what is right financially. Most people with 4 young children would go to work, not realizing that they were spending more than they were bringing in! And with four young children, you were a working mom! When I wrote the intro, I was looking around my neighborhood, where most moms are stay-at-home, and it is not a sacrifice for them or their families. I live on the edge of a wealthy new neighborhood and most of the women are in situations where the only reason for them to work is that they "feel like it". (That's a direct quote - one woman was toying with going back to work after her kids were in school but she didn't "feel like it".) That's the luxury I was talking about. For those of us who make the choice on real life issues, it is a careful balance of working/not working, financial calculation and how to put food on the table. We don't need the added guilt of "poor nutrition and exercise habits" added into the mix. So thank you for calling me on that! You make excellent points and remind me that the majority of working/non-working women make serious choices. Mea culpa! Your point is well taken. You show that there are people out there who do the cost-benefit analysis and do what is right financially. Most people with 4 young children would go to work, not realizing that they were spending more than they were bringing in! And with four young children, you were a working mom!

When I wrote the intro, I was looking around my neighborhood, where most moms are stay-at-home, and it is not a sacrifice for them or their families. I live on the edge of a wealthy new neighborhood and most of the women are in situations where the only reason for them to work is that they “feel like it”. (That’s a direct quote – one woman was toying with going back to work after her kids were in school but she didn’t “feel like it”.) That’s the luxury I was talking about.

For those of us who make the choice on real life issues, it is a careful balance of working/not working, financial calculation and how to put food on the table. We don’t need the added guilt of “poor nutrition and exercise habits” added into the mix.

So thank you for calling me on that! You make excellent points and remind me that the majority of working/non-working women make serious choices. Mea culpa!

]]> By: Kim http://www.simpleproductivityblog.com/open-loops-20091020/#comment-1884 Kim Tue, 20 Oct 2009 12:24:10 +0000 http://www.simpleproductivityblog.com/open-loops-10202009-articles-i-think-worth-passing-along/#comment-1884 Absolutely adore your blog but I have to take issue with the line "luxury of staying home" in the intro to the "working moms are bad" article. I am a working mom now, but working outside the home was not even an option when my 4 children were younger. Daycare costs were more than my paycheck and the logistics were impossible. We made the decision for me to "stay home". Let me tell ya...there was not one thing luxurious about it. In fact, to save $, we even sold my car. I was a stay at home mom in every sense of the word! We didn't go on vacations and birthdays and holidays were nothing to write home about. Staying at home for most (not all) is a sacrifice. Now that my children are in school, I am a working mom and so I also relate to the guilt. Love your blog but I just had to comment :) Absolutely adore your blog but I have to take issue with the line “luxury of staying home” in the intro to the “working moms are bad” article. I am a working mom now, but working outside the home was not even an option when my 4 children were younger. Daycare costs were more than my paycheck and the logistics were impossible. We made the decision for me to “stay home”. Let me tell ya…there was not one thing luxurious about it. In fact, to save $, we even sold my car. I was a stay at home mom in every sense of the word! We didn’t go on vacations and birthdays and holidays were nothing to write home about. Staying at home for most (not all) is a sacrifice. Now that my children are in school, I am a working mom and so I also relate to the guilt. Love your blog but I just had to comment :)

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