Thursday, April 26, 2012

Why am I a housewife at 25?

Well, let's start off with why I am a housewife.....I lost/quit my job. The company I worked for I devoted my life to, I worked 50+ hour weeks every week. Not a big deal to me but I should have been more important to them if you ask me. In my job, I hired people - actually 100 or so people but still, that goes unnoticed and unappreciated, actually I was STILL hiring people when I left. When I first started in my position I was a "god send" - HA that's laughable now. Pretty much, I put my heart & soul into the company, to be left with nothing.

I left the job (after speaking with my then fiance) a little less than a month before our wedding. Boy we were both glad I did! I had a TON to do before we got married: seating arrangements, decorating figured out, food choices, rehearsal dinner to plan, etc. When you work as much as I was, you don't really have the time to enjoy the planning process or to get things EXACTLY the way you wanted them, I failed to mention I also traveled a lot toward the end for work, working up to 17 hour days on those days, which leaves even less time. Anyway, I had a lot to do so it was nice. I lived with my parents and two siblings at the time too, so lots of company.

After our wedding we moved into our new home - approximately another month or so later. So I was super busy. With the help of my parents, we painted just about every room in the house. Kilz & usually 2 coats of paint. I live in a 2700 sq ft home.....LOTS of paint and LOTS of time spent. I was busy for I'd say about a month. No worries.

I was finished planning a wedding, and finished putting together a rather large house for only two people. The job hunt went into FULL time mode. Before I didn't spend hours on the computer, just time here and there when I had it. But now, time to find one. Let me tell you, the job market sucks. I am one of the hardest workers I know, I'll give a hand anytime and I'm intelligent enough to figure out stuff fast and on my own. So far, I've had numerous interviews, but no one wants me.

Therefore, I am a housewife at 25.

Let me tell you, it is NOT fun. I am lonely. I am a social person, I like people. Instead, I grocery shop & do dishes, clean, and workout daily. What else am I supposed to do? I feel like I have no purpose. I'm depressed. We don't want kids for at least 2-3 years until after we've been married (at least that's the plan), so I have no babies to tend to. I DO want to be a stay at home mom, but I have no kids right now, I don't want to stay at home. I have too much to give.

I do what I can - I've been doing crafts and researching recipes and decorating the house little by little. But there's only so much I can do. But I am bored MOST of the time. I've even considered going back to school. I already have a business degree but apparently that is either too much or not enough.

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