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<\/a><\/p>\nSo since I have no content for a WIAW post, I decided to tackle a reader question instead. I love getting questions from you guys, so keep sending them!<\/p>\n
Question<\/span>: How have you handled things financially and emotionally, as well as roles in the household, since becoming a stay-at-home mom (SAHM)?<\/p>\n Answer<\/span>: Is going to be a bit more wordy\u2026<\/p>\n To give a brief synopsis of my job\/financial background: I graduated college and worked at an advertising agency in Atlanta, a typical 9-5. I moved to Charlotte and got a job in advertising with CBS radio. This was close to a 8:30-5, but with more flexibility since it was sales and I was out on the road. When I decided to transition to a health-focused career, I quit. I signed up to go back to school and started working at Bally Total Fitness part time. Around this time David and I got married. A few months later, I found the job I was after- a health coach with a local nutrition company. I started working on nutrition\/health certifications, began being trained under great people and decided to not go back to school. This job was exciting because I was passionate about it. It also allowed me complete freedom over my schedule. I booked my own appointments with clients at the office, otherwise I worked from home. I loved this set up.<\/p>\n Finally, when David and I moved to the outskirts of Charlotte (ok, the suburbs) in 2010. I moved away from my job, started this blog and decided to start my own health coaching\/nutrition business. With a new house and trying to start a business, I was busy, but I enjoyed it. I filed paperwork to form a LLC, I found office space, I went searching for clients. Eventually things got a place where I hired someone to do sales so I could focus on the business. Around this time, we found out we were pregnant with Hailey.<\/p>\n A few months later I realized the sales person I hired wasn\u2019t pulling in the number of clients I needed and I had to do more of the door to door\/health fairs\/gym visits myself. It was time consuming. Thus began the discussion of whether or not I\u2019d continue with the business or transition into a SAHM. I loved helping people. The fact that I\u2019d still hear from some clients months or years later made me feel like I was really doing something beneficial. However, behind the scenes, there was a lot of work and it took up a lot of time. I contemplated transitioning to do web-based coaching only and working while at home, or if it would be worth it to find childcare and let me put my focus back into the business.<\/p>\n However, when Hailey was born, there was no doubt, I really felt like I was meant to be a mom. It never took much discussion. David and I agreed that home with Hailey was the right place for me to be for the time being.<\/p>\n