Would you work for free?

January 12, 2012 in Things to do before I'm 40 | 12 comments

>Today I finally made the phone call I have wanted to formany months now and put my name forward to get information on Home-start training. I work fulltime and as such my time at homeis reduced but as I have a supportive network I have been able to cope well.

Not everyone is lucky to have family and friends nearby andas such they seldom get help, company or a break from the demands of being aparent. I am fortunate in that I can easily call on many people who wouldwillingly mind my children or step in and help me at any given time.

As such I felt I would like to help someone out, I posted ontwitter and was advised that you had to commit to 2 hours minimum a week anddecided this was something I would be able to do. Training is over an 8 week period and wouldinvolve a lot of juggling if I decided it would be something I wanted to do.

I called MrR to tell him I would be meeting with someonenext week and his response was ‘how will you fit it in and don’t we have enoughon our plates?’

The answers being I’m not sure yet but I would fit it in andyes I have plenty but this is something I would like to try.

Am I being naïve and idealistic as I would like to givesomeone a helping hand and a bit of support that I was lucky enough to get fromfamily?

Should I wait until my own two are older as I would in fact fit the criteriaof getting support from Home-start rather than giving it?

I will let you know how I get on next week

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