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I honestly don't miss going into the office everyday and all the little annoyances and pettyness that I've seen come up in my office experience. I do freelance write so I still have a toe in the water, so to say. But I like being able to do things on my own timeline.

I miss the intellectual stimulation. Now that my daughter is night weaned and lets me read some during the day, I can get far more of it. It would be fun to advance my career, but I don't really miss it. I'm excited to go back to a scientific career in a few years, but I like being home and fully dedicated to my family in this period of my life.

My mother in law is going to start taking my daughter for about 10 hours a week, so that I can volunteer at a local museum and resume build and network. I have really mixed feelings about it - on the one hand, I'm eager to get my foot in the door of a future career. On the other hand, I really like our life, and the freedom we have to totally set our own schedule. It'll be weird, for sure. But good.

The jobs themselves, no. Contributing and being apart of things outside my household, yes.

Not really - every now and then when I go to certain shops and see all the work clothes, I get a tiny bit sad that I no longer have a need to wear nice clothes and heels.....but then I remember that as a social worker, I hardly ever wore that stuff anyway, except on court days, because it's a super laid back profession where we usually wore jeans most days anyway.

I also miss after work drinks and work lunches. But those were mostly whilst I was in London so I think I'd be missing them even if I was working now. And finally, I sometimes miss feeling as though I'm challenging my brain on a daily basis, but that's my own fault if I'm not keeping myself intellectually stimulated.

So, no, not really. The things I miss are superficial, silly things and there is truly nothing I would rather do than take care of my child full time and provide her with the best start in life.

@rawrasaur: exactly this!

I'll probably look into part-time work once my youngest is in preschool (1-2 years from now)... Not because I miss working... Mostly I miss the extra $.

Nope, not at all! I do wish I had a bit more adult interaction a few times a week though. I was a nanny previously so I never even got it "at work"...

Nope! I was a nanny, so I'm doing the same job but for my own kid. The money was nice, but not nice enough to make me want to work again!

Nope. I am much happier now being home. I was looking for jobs before I became pregnant, but then stayed once I found out I was expecting. It would be nice to have more adult interaction, but I do not miss the office drama/negativity one bit! However, I do miss buying nicer business casual type of clothing...but I guess it's helped our savings fund