Being a single mother means all professions wrapped under the name Mother. Here are my musings on being a single mother:
- A CEO You must be assertive to let your little tantrum thrower toddler know who is the CEO. Your child can only hold the role of a COO. Competency achieved - Leadership.
- A Worker You must also have the humility to be their little slave such as cleaning after their mess after a meal, perpetually picking up toys from the floor and if you are in the process of toilet training, cleaning up their little accidents. Competency achieved - Humility.
- A Project Manager You will need extreme managerial skills to manage your little one as well as maintain a household which includes food on the table, pantry stocked up, clean clothing, vacuumed floors and also play time for the little one. Getting a right balance between housework and stimulation time requires precise time management skill. Competency achieved - Time Management.
- A Yogi 'Inhale, exhale' becomes your day to day mantra. When your tantrum throwing toddler drives you up the wall, you will need the calamity of a yogi to handle the situation. As a reverse, you will also need to teach your highly energetic toddler to relax and have a quiet time. Competency achieved - Calamity which is important in a big organisation of multiple characteristics.
- A Doctor A doctor is renowned for their long working hours. As a mother, you could be up for days taking care of a sick child. When they were younger, your sleep pattern is heavily disturbed by a baby that constantly needs feeding, changing and burping. Despite the lack of sleep, you need to remain completely alert the following day. Surviving the sleep deprivation of motherhood makes working 48 hours shift a piece of cake. Competency achieved - Mental alertness despite tiredness, a trait necessary to meet deadlines.
- A Financial Analyst Despite everything, you will find yourself looking out for deals on diapers, milk powder and toys. You begin making comparison of different brands and place to get the best deal so subconsciously, you have developed a skill with numbers. Competency achieved - Analytical.
- A Strategic Planner - Outwit, Outlast, Outsmart! Your patience will be tested as your child discovers themselves. Since they have everlasting energy, outlasting them requires stamina, therefore the option to outwit and outsmart them is also important. Perhaps all single mothers should participate in Survivor! Competency achieved - Survivor skills.
- A Contortionist Your little one will start throwing or maybe hiding stuff in areas that you would never imagine. You find yourself contorting beyond your natural pose to retrieve some of these lost items. Skills achieved - Flexibility.
- A Gym Instructor A normal person works out in the gym a couple of times a week carrying weights probably no more than 10 minutes in each session. As a mother, you are constantly carrying over 10kg weight, lifting them from their highchair, car seat, into their cot or just for a cuddle. Those biceps and triceps will be nicely developed. If you are small in stature, you will soon learn to adapt to carrying such load in a manner that suits your body size. Skills achieved - Physical Strength.
- An Engineer/Repairwoman When you are not looking, there goes your little one dismantling things or breaking whatever their hands could get on to. You soon realise that you have become quite inept with all the electronic gadgets at home when they are not working. Similarly, your DIY (Do It Yourself) skill also improved as you could not ring a repairman each time your child breaks or wreck something. Skills achieved - Independent and All Rounder.
- A Daddy Of course, as a single mother, you will also need to play the role of a Daddy to compensate for the missing parent figure half the time.
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