Since my school life, I have never imagined that one day I’d be a stay-at-home mom.

My parents have always instilled this thought in me – Study hard, achieve great academic results, get a stable job with satisfactory pay, and ideally to stay in the job for many years to come. Maybe this is the so called financial security in our parents’ days, that ties good career path with academic merits.

I followed exactly what they taught me. I studied diligently to become one of the top students in Primary school, proceed to a prestigious Secondary School and Junior College, and finally graduated in University with a Degree with Merit.

My first years in my IT position was great, I must admit. Great colleagues, nice environment, laughter in office.. I would even wondered why would anyone want to resign? I would believe that I would work till I retire, srsly!

Never did I realise that my perception would begin to change when my first child was born. Having been in the IT professional for 10+ years, I realised that I was not spending enough time with my child. My frequent tight project schedules and over-time would mean that I had to sacrifice my time away from my child. Sometimes I was overwhelmed how much my child had grown, as though I had not seen her for a few days..

The struggle of missing the time with my child urged me to think again. I would not want to miss her growing stages only to regret later, or not having the chance to shape her character and personality with the values I want my child to embrace.

Then I reckoned something has to give way.

I decided to quit my job by the time my child turned 1 year old. The career and financial worries faded. They didn’t disappear, but they certainly became secondary

Being a Stay-A-Home-Mum (SAHM), I reckoned that there could be other things I could do during my free time. I decide to embark on my own online business, which I will share more in my later posts.

Soon enough, I came across this term: Mumpreneur

I thought that was so cool! I din know there was an term that totally describes me, and many SAHMs of today!

Today, I have tons of friends with similar experiences. They’re not clones—today’s mumpreneurs are mostly SAHM, who may be the boss of her own company, parent bloggers, etc – but they all have something in common: a deep desire to be there for every moment of their children’ lives and creating a entrepreneur journey for themselves!

Fast forward to today, I have not ever regretted my choice of being a mumpreneur and started my own online business. Now, besides enjoying total freedom of time with my 2 children, I am thankful that I am financially capable of earning my own keep.

Finally, after coming across this article, I was more certain that I had to make a choice between my career and kids