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by a searcher from INSEAD
in London, UK

3mos ago

Can you even search with a baby at home?

Hi everyone! Curious to know if some of you have launched their search shortly after having a baby, or even crazier, had babies during their search. What were your best strategies? How many hours did you work every day?

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reply by a searcher 1mo ago
from University of the West of England, Bristol in Calgary, AB, Canada

Thanks @redacted‌. Little late to the thread but I started Calon Capital with a 6 week old baby so can relate to all of the comments above. It does depend on your support network, having family and friends nearby to help when needed which is a big help. And I'm particularly lucky to have an amazing, supportive wife - we figure everything out as a team and our view was that we could make it work and the rewards would be worth it so were willing to take the risk. I have been working from home and able to pop out for the odd in person meeting but being flexible to be able to help at home as much as possible in the early days and fit search around it has been is important for everyone's sanity at home. Baby's now approaching six months and we have found a good groove of daily life including use of local daycare options even for an hour or two to be able to get out of the house or go to the gym throughout the week which is critical for mental health! Good luck to everyone out there and I'm always happy to chat if helpful!

reply by a searcher 1mo ago
from The University of Chicago in Chicago, IL, USA

I started searching when my daughter was 8 months old. She was the reason I went the search route (topic for another discussion). It is definitely hard searching full-time and being a new mum. You are exhausted, your child needs you constantly, and you still need to stay on top of your game wrt search. What helped the transition was that I was actually doing ~65 hours a week in my full-time job, so here I promised to commit to quality 6 hours a day, including the weekends (~40 hrs a week). It seemed like a good trade-off. I focused on creating pockets of time to focus on my search - eg. when my daughter was napping, after her bedtime. Also relied on family and part-time nannies to help create more bandwidth. Needless to say, I was always second-guessing myself. Having said that, I think I did fine. I truly enjoyed my time searching while being near my child when she needed me the most - I had the flexibility. Could I have done more or better - most definitely.

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