From the comfort of her bed, Heidi Scrimgeour sits up and offers her top 10 WAHM tips
Irish Independent:
I am a WAHM — a work-at-home mother — and I have a guilty secret. I’m writing this while wearing my pyjamas, snuggled up in bed — my favourite place to work — on a chilly Tuesday afternoon.
I’ve eschewed the rat-race and the horrors of an early morning commute in favour of self-employment and a freelance working life. Instead of bracing myself for a day of office politics after the school run, I head back to bed — laptop propped jauntily upon my knees — and ease myself slowly into work mode in my customary fashion, cup of tea in hand, listening to the radio.
Confessing any of this to the average working mother does little to win me friends and my mates with office jobs admit they’re green with envy about my work life. Yet a survey conducted by mumsnet.com and energy firm E.ON has just revealed that being a WAHM is not as hassle-free as it appears…