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Bismillah!
Yesterday, I had 3 classes, two of which were 3 hours each, the other was only 1 hour. This is the only day of school that I spend an entire day on campus. I was exhausted…still am, truth be told. I literally feel like I’m working non-stop. I was beginning to lament about how I didn’t think I could do it…’til I remembered that not to long ago, I had to get up 5+ days a week and worked 8+ hours a day and rode transportation to and fro for 2+ hours a day. Sometimes adding to that schedule by working overtime. This semesters schedule does have me going to the school daily, but I am taking classes that I enjoy and I do not have to commit 10+ hours a day building something for someone else (well, except by way of tuition and I look at that as a trade off/investment). The classes that I am taking are for a specific goal and reason. I am helping to establish something long term for our family, because my spouse has identified what his gifts and talents are and mine, by Allah’s determination, just happen to enhance his. I am so grateful that I am able to work from home. I know sometimes we don’t think we can do it, but be inspired, you can! All it takes is sacrifice, humility and faith.
I was about to talk about how I much I missed my youngest son, until I thought about the fact that some single mothers work full time and go to school full time. I venture to bet they don’t spend time with there children half as much as I do. It is in these moments that I am grateful that I work from home and that I have a spouse that helps to facilitate my working from home. Allah has blessed us to compliment each other and by His grace we work well together. He stays in his lane (most times) and I stay in mine (most times) and Allah has blessed us to work solely for ourselves for over 3+ years (working from home or abroad). It didn’t come easy, we have had many trials and sometimes did not appreciate each other in the process. But, understanding in hindsight that those trials purified our marriage and helped align us to work together even more set us on a more determined path for success.
It is often said, what you enjoy doing so much so that you can spend hours at it and not feel like you’ve been working is what you’re supposed to do in life. I can honestly say this is the truth. I can also bear witness to HMLF’s statement that a man who doesn’t know where he’s going doesn’t need a woman to help him get no where (paraphrase). I have experience with both. We have made so much progress, by Allah’s permission, together. I am hoping that we can inspire others to take a chance on faith working together to steal away.
Haute Muslim 