Extra grateful to be childfree

https://lemm.ee/post/2975849

Extra grateful to be childfree - lemm.ee

I’m feeling especially happy to be childfree and wanted to share. I have off from work and am spending the week home with my husband and dogs. The house is so peaceful. I’m getting in hours and hours of digital painting practice. I can’t fathom why anyone would voluntarily choose to care for a kid for 18yrs, rather than have that time for relaxation and to pursue interests/hobbies. Working fulltime already makes me feel like I don’t get enough time to simply enjoy life.

I wonder if some people just don’t really have hobbies or interests they find fulfilling. If my life were work, binge a series, sleep, I think I’d be much less opposed to having children. (I still have my moral issues etc but just in terms of not having that time to relax/pursue interests.)

Self actualisation is a thing a lot of people can’t face. Many seem to outsource that to their children and living through them, not even realising that’s someone else’s life and they’re avoiding their own.

en.wikipedia.org/…/Maslow's_hierarchy_of_needs

Maslow's hierarchy of needs - Wikipedia