My wife took 5 years off while our children were young. While I've stayed corporate she has been taking on freelancing work that gives her plenty of time to pick-n-choose when and how much she works so that she can spend with the kids. Meanwhile the family stays covered with health insurance from my salaried jobs.
That definitely sounds like a good mix. My partner and I do something very similar, she was able to drop down to three days a week at work and she uses the other two to work on her own skills that she enjoys with the intention of earning a bit of side income.
I have it lucky that I am being paid full time to do a job I love. I would love for her to also spend most of her time doing something she enjoyed.
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My wife took 5 years off while our children were young. While I've stayed corporate she has been taking on freelancing work that gives her plenty of time to pick-n-choose when and how much she works so that she can spend with the kids. Meanwhile the family stays covered with health insurance from my salaried jobs.
That definitely sounds like a good mix. My partner and I do something very similar, she was able to drop down to three days a week at work and she uses the other two to work on her own skills that she enjoys with the intention of earning a bit of side income.
I have it lucky that I am being paid full time to do a job I love. I would love for her to also spend most of her time doing something she enjoyed.