Finding My Way Back to the Corporate World

I have been a housewife for a several months now.  Now my husband and I both agree it’s time for me to get back to work. 

First few weeks after I quit, it was not easy to stay at home.  I was bored out of my mind.  I didn’t know what to do.  I had nothing to do.  (That’s what happens when you retire?)

But after several months, I got used to this lazy, slow life.  It’s very comfortable to be a housewife.  This is a fact that we housewives don’t want our husbands to know (We need to them to think it's a hard work to be a housewife so they appreciate us and will help us).  It’s probably the best occupation in the world (Does being a housewife count as an occupation, by the way?)  I can stay in pj’s all day!  No stress.  No annoying boss.  I don’t have to makeup.  I don't need to go out in the cold or rain.  I can do whatever I want, until my husband comes back.  Being a housewife is like heaven to me (If only we get paid by being a housewife...  That'd be real heaven).  After several months of this, my brain does not function very well, only slowly.  (I can no longer remember how I managed to work more than 10 hours a day before.)  

I find it more and more difficult to find a motivation to look for a job each day.

It’s tiring to look for positions that I like or are suitable for me.  I get disappointed at salaries or discouraged by the requirements each time.  It’s a pain in the ass to change the cover letter to suit the position.  (Did I do this when I got the first job?!?  Unbelievably brutal…)

But I will do it.  I will find a job.  Please Santa, let me find a job soon.  Don't make it hard for me.  (I am agnostic so I am counting on Santa instead.  He does exist, right?!)

I decided to reward myself a trip to a beach resort or an exciting city when I get a job.  That’s one of the two motivations for finding a job.  The other motivation, that’s pushy encouragement from husband, of course.  

My achievement so far?

I've been looking for a job for 3 weeks, and I applied for two positions.  Not bad for a housewife of several month, no?

Looks like finding my way back to the corporate world is going to be one hell of a thorny path…  To be continued...