I enjoyed getting to collaborate with Mother Untitled for this article on returning to paid work part time.
“When I first heard the term ‘side hustle,’ I was still very much working on my main hustle as a full-time journalist. To me, it seemed like a word that could be interchangeable with ‘hobby.’
Then I left full-time work and my main hustle became preschool drop-offs, afternoons at the playground, and washing bottles. And more bottles. The bottle washing never ends. I started consulting, journalism became my ‘side hustle,’ and suddenly that term started to carry so much more weight with me.
I wanted to be a full-time mom with a part-time career. Everyone I talked to before I made this transition said, ‘the work will come’ ‘you’d be perfecting for consulting.’
And while the work did eventually come…there was a lot of second-guessing, cold-emailing, and LinkedIn stalking along the way. Making the decision to find part-time work is a liberating (and scary) first step. But then what….? Actually having the conversations, finding the right work, and figuring out the childcare can be daunting.
Here are 10 things you should do if you’re a stay-at-home mom who’s looking to work part-time. “
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