Quote by C.J.Lewis — The homemaker has the ultimate career. All other careers exist for one purpose only- and that is to support the ultimate career.
I am a brilliant modern day homemaker and I love it. I believe we homemakers are a unique species. We don the role of a wife, mother, daughter-in-law, daughter, friend, a working professional with equal ease. Many of us are homemakers either by choice or circumstance. However, the present day homemaker faces the challenges that our mother’s or grandmothers could not even have dreamt of. We have to do a lot of balancing act between the traditional and modern beliefs to create a home.
Homemaking is a powerful and noble profession that anybody could dream of. It is dynamic, vital, interesting, engaging and creative. Let’s take a snapshot into our Job Description.
1. As a finance manager we are responsible for managing the resources which includes setting up a household budget, managing inventory of all departments, asset management and debt management.
2. As a chef we cook three to four different types of food to suit individual palate, pack lunch boxes, cook gourmet food to entertain guests, plan a healthy menu day after day.
3. As a caretaker, we take care of everybody’s needs which includes elderly care – be it food, medicine or accompanying them to weddings etc, child care – food, education, health etc, spouse care – giving strength to a stressed out husband to face the challenges, finding the missing handkerchiefs, trying to find the matching trouser for his shirt and the list goes on.
4. As a maid we keep the house spic and span by cleaning, mopping, dusting etc.
5. As a driver we pick up and drop children to school, hobby classes and provide 24/7 emergency services.
6. As a handyman we try to fix and repair gadgets at home. If we find it impossible to fix, we also chase the plumber, electrician to get the work done.
7. We also take up additional responsibilities of conflict management in our parent’s place and fix it too.
Here are some tips for happy homemaking:
- Make your husband understand that you need to be cherished, to be known and to be respected.
- If you have elders in the family, be open to them about your challenges. Also make it a point that other members of the family are also involved in taking care of the elderly.
- Assign household chores to children like cleaning their room, washing plates etc. Let them understand the benefits of physical labour and being self sufficient.
- Get well organised with the help of technology. You can manage your time well and have time for yourself.
- If you need help with your work, hire a help without feeling guilty.
- Take time for yourself and get pampered with a trip to the spa or beauty salon.
- Develop a good social circle and have fun.
- Last but not the least appreciates your role as a homemaker. Never underestimate yourself as you have an important role in your home and society.
Ladies, aren’t we special? Let’s empower ourselves discovering new way of doing things. Let’s focus on our growth and development and create rich and abundant life full of fun for us and for all those whom we love.
About the Author
Rekha Shastry is a Life Coach on the Healtheminds panel. Know more about her