When in the cut-throat world of blogging, that freelance lifestyle can prove to be a feast or a famine. There can be a breaking point for so many of us because we’re living this freelance life that can be unsustainable, and thoughts can turn to getting a proper job.

It’s an incredibly difficult prospect, but when you throw into the mix the fact that you’ve got children, how can you manage the transition from a lifestyle where you are master of your domain to one where you have to clock in and clock out?

Picking The Career That Makes You Happy

This cannot be underestimated; you have to choose a career that doesn’t just bring in the money, but gives you a sense of satisfaction. Life consists of dropping the kids off at school, and then making the dash to the office to get there on time, so you have to want to go to the job in the first place! Otherwise, you will grow resentful of the lifestyle you have set up for yourself.

This is why you need to carefully manage the transition from freelancer to full-time worker. Luckily, you can do sufficient research into a specific career at home, after your kids have gone to bed, or gradually throughout the day.

You can get that appreciation of a specific industry, and from there, you can gradually increase your skillset. There are courses that go up to degree and masters qualifications, where you can master computer engineering, as well as every other subject you can think of. When going into the business world, there are so many different courses online, from operations management to degrees in the manufacturing industry, that you need to know before you leap into this if you really want to do it.

Adjusting To This New Lifestyle

Once you’ve made the definite decision of the type of career you want, this is only half the battle. While you might like the idea of the nine to five working week, and, as the cliche goes, many parents go to work to have a break, but if you are in a working environment that’s consistently high-pressured, and then you have to rush to get home or pick up the kids, this lifestyle can be incredibly stressful. And you may very well feel regretful, or hanker for the freelance lifestyle again.

But based on the skills you’ve acquired during your freelance life, it’s important not to lose touch with your freelance contacts because you may be in a position a few years down the line to go back into that line of work. After all, going from freelancer to full-time worker was all about a regular wage. And if you really enjoyed what you did, who’s to say you can’t do it on the side? Even though it’s not always lucrative, it may very well prove to be in the future. And as such, if you take the time to build up your contacts on the side of your full-time job, you could set up a better life for yourself and your children further down the line.