The first time I heard about my childhood friend saying that she was working because she wanted to set an example for her kid that we must all work, I was quite shocked. Here she was, millionaire Datin, who didn’t have to lift a finger in her life, yet she chose to work. Is she freaking nuts?!? But she was my childhood friend and I knew where she was coming from. Just because we are up there doesn’t mean we are up there forever. Anything could happen. And the next minute we could be right down THERE. Yes, there. In the pits. Where life suddenly becomes intolerable…….

Well, I can assure you that if you do not show your kids that work is important, when and if they fall into the pits, they may never return back out. For how will they even begin to know how?

A kid who only sees Daddy working and Mommy staying at home as a Stay At Home Mom, will grow up with the concept of only Daddies work and Mommies cook and clean. Which is fine if that is what you want. But the cycle then continues, and they search for partners who go out to work and emulate their own moms serving the hearth of the home. It is a noble thing to do, to be a professional Stay At Home Mom. I have done it before and it has driven me absolutely bonkers.

To be fair, whilst I was raising T1 single-handedly without any help at all, I was still actively volunteering with IBU and I was still running charity projects and you know, I was active. I don’t think I could ever be one to just raise kids and watch Desperate Housewives on TV. It would be a waste of my talent.

So those Datin’s words really stuck with me. A Datin who wanted to work just so her daughter could see that work was important. I get it.

Now that I am doing the Naturally Plus Business, I truly get the best of every world. Work, contribution to society, setting an example for the kids, flexibility of time and valuation of self worth. And of course, the money is a given. It is financial freedom. It has been so perfect that my kids now have the ambition to do the Naturally Plus business. They see my lifestyle. They see what I do. They follow me to counsel sick patients. They see how hard I work in running the show. They live the shitty part of it and they love the good parts of it too. We truly practise a work hard play hard philosophy.

And because Mommy HAS to work, they obediently and proudly follow me (what choice do they have!?) everywhere I go to get my work done. But in doing so, they learn so much too. I am a busy woman. I am extremely busy. And in being so, the kids have learnt independence. On the one day a week that I need to go into the office to do registrations of new customers,  they know that today’s the day. Today’s the day Mama is very stressed. They know the routine. Wake up, have breakfast, get dressed, get packed, and be ready to rush out the door when Mama says GO. We work like clockwork. And then when we get to the office parking lot, T1 catches the time as she is very particular about parking fees (very costly at Menara Multipurpose) and loves to save money and spend unnecessarily. So boring…..

We arrive at the office and Mama plonks her bum right in front of the desk and starts the work. Both girls will bring me coffee and water and then go play in the meeting rooms quietly, it is a different game all the time. They know how to entertain themselves. They know where the washrooms are and they know how to help themselves to the hot chocolate machine and water and they know how to shout when they are hungry. I love my girls. They are so awesome. They make my life easy. They give me ideas. They make me laugh like crazy and they keep me grounded.

On the contrary, they hate the fact that Daddy has to go to the office every morning and come back late at night and always ask why Daddy can’t do the Naturally Plus Business instead? We make such a great team, the 4 of us. Unfortunately, with their international school, our family expenses are high so Daddy still needs a full time job. For now! We are working towards freedom though and I love the process of the girls watching this journey. It is teaching them a lot and they are actually thinking about things and the world and why some people work so hard and others don’t. They are learning about working smart and being smart girls themselves, no wonder they want to do the Naturally Plus business!!! They totally get it!!! They can even regurgitate some of the facts of my business believe it or not??? This is purely from observation of Mama getting about her daily affairs in communicating with customers.

Speaking of which, they also observe the characteristics of my customers. Some are so nice and some are just plain horrid. Some are so helpful with the boxes and some just treat you like the maid and expect you to carry it all. Most are so grateful that they have access to the products, and my girls can even tell me how to improve my business! They will be my business heirs! The above pic is them monkeying around at the loading bay of where I get Izumio out from. They follow me into the dingy service lift and smell the damp. It’s all work. And then we go skiing.

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Who is Mamapumpkin?
Mamapumpkin is a former Design Architect turned Multi-Million Dollar Digital Entrepreneur. She sets out to prove to all that you can have anything and everything that you want; if you have that fire of desire burning within and the drive to work hard. Even better with much love.

Mamapumpkin has not only grown corporate businesses successfully in the past and doubled her salary 5 times over 5 organisations but has grown THREE BUSINESSES to 7 FIGURES within an 8 year period. She now shows others EXACTLY HOW after retiring her own husband from employment. He is now the official dog walker, family driver, chef and THE BEST FATHER to their two girls and THE BEST HUSBAND to the woman who CHOSE HIM!

Mamapumpkin is the girl who has nothing but fights for everything including YOU. She is idealistic in her desire to put unbelievable amounts of money and extrardinary happiness into the lives of good people so we can change the world together believing in happiness for ALL. She strives to impact lives authentically wanting to reduce poverty cycles and enable quality education for all and always supports the voiceless. She believes we can all have a life of our own desires to enable real contribution into the world. But first, one needs to understand what this all means.

A beautiful life without limits.

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She is a living testimony that women really can have a lot. Being financially and time free has enabled her to travel the world anytime, anywhere, doing anything with anyone, as she spends most of her days with her children, having fun, supporting others wherever she can. Also having fun.