What’s Next?
Ever since becoming a father, I’ve been secretly worried that I’m doing it all wrong. I hope it was just a mutual feeling of fathers. Maryam is my second child and she is 1 year old, so you would think I’d have improved at this fathering thing by now. I hope of the same. I’ve listened to few (if not a lot) of parenting lectures by well known educators, who are specialized in early education. But to put the knowledge into practices is another challenge, I would say.
Decision has been made. Farah discontinued her contract as a research assistant and willing to live her life as a full time mother of the kids. It started a year ago, 3 months after Maryam’s birth. Alhamdulillah, so we did successfully get her through the infant years. Yusra? She is a supper happy sister. She seems waiting the moment of Maryam walking without our hands so that she can play any toddler things together.
A year has passed and it was actually a life ‘simulation’ for it telling us what is next after being the only source of family’s income. Not bad! The only thing affecting us is the monthly saving. There were few events through the year which required us to use huge amount of money. Our little home renovation and my ACL surgery were ones of them. Its okay! No biggie since we really looked on the financial flow accordingly. But eventually, we think, things just not enough. Farah has tried to run an online business but seems flunk. I had a good increment but the liabilities grow exponentially. This is how life telling us to move in the other direction. Things managed and never bother us so much.
We lived our moderate life without telling people our activities in real time by Facebook or any other social media. Why should we? We are not the center of the society, by the way. In fact, I feel better living in Klang without Unifi and the congested data line here.. Haha! Anyway, soon, we need an MPV and Yusra will start her formal schooling. I need a new plan, new direction.
What would it be?
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