Today marks a last for me – and tomorrow a first. <\/p>\n
Today is my last day of employment. Today, I remain a WIC dietitian. <\/p>\n
Tomorrow is my first day of… <\/p>\n
Well, what exactly is tomorrow my first day of? What exactly am I as of tomorrow? <\/p>\n
Calling today my last day of employment might lead one to think that tomorrow is my first day of unemployment<\/em>. But that wouldn’t be true. You see, the technical definition of unemployment is that one is not working for pay but IS actively seeking work for pay. That’s not me. <\/p>\n Maybe I’m joining the ranks of the underemployed<\/em>-as one who is highly skilled but working a low wage job that does not use her skills. I doubt that. For one, unless you count my monthly “allowance” (Daniel and I both have one), I will have no wage whatsoever. Secondly, I disagree with the idea that what I’ll be doing is low-skill or won’t make use of my education or expertise. <\/p>\n Maybe if I told you what I’d be doing, we’d be able to come up with a better label for my employment status. <\/p>\n But what exactly will I be doing as of tomorrow? <\/p>\n I’ll be at home, taking care of my daughter. I’ll be feeding her, changing her, bathing her, rocking her to sleep, and making sure she gets that all-important tummy time. But I don’t intend to be a stay-at-home mommy. <\/p>\n I’ll be doing laundry, doing dishes, making dinner, and scrubbing the toilet. But I don’t intend to be a housewife. <\/p>\n Let’s call it being a stay-at-home wife. My goal is to care for our daughter and care for our home in such a way that Daniel is able to be happier, more productive, and better loved. <\/p>\n Yes, I’m leaving paid employment to be at home with our daughter – but ultimately, I’m leaving paid employment so I can be a better helper to my husband. <\/p>\n I’ll be taking a pay cut, sure – but I have a feeling this job will require every bit of skill and education I possess. <\/p>\n I’m not going to be unemployed or underemployed – I’m going to be a happily unpaid full-time helpmate. <\/p>\n Employment statisticians can make if that what they will. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Today marks a last for me – and tomorrow a first. Today is my last day of employment. Today, I remain a WIC dietitian. Tomorrow is my first day of… Well, what exactly is tomorrow my first day of? What exactly am I as of tomorrow? Calling today my last day of employment might lead … Read more In which I am no longer employed<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"ngg_post_thumbnail":0},"categories":[12,31],"tags":[],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/bekahcubed.menterz.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13483"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/bekahcubed.menterz.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/bekahcubed.menterz.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/bekahcubed.menterz.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/bekahcubed.menterz.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=13483"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"http:\/\/bekahcubed.menterz.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13483\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":13487,"href":"http:\/\/bekahcubed.menterz.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13483\/revisions\/13487"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/bekahcubed.menterz.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=13483"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/bekahcubed.menterz.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=13483"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/bekahcubed.menterz.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=13483"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}