Seeking personal insight from other mom investors

[Chrissa Carlson]

Hi there,

My question is not of a technical nature, moreof a lifestyle/confidence question:

My husband has been interested in and learning about investing for the past three years, starting right around the time my first child was born. I have resisted the idea as it's been a chaotic couple of years (marriage, two babies, two moves, both of us changed jobs, he lost his father, etc) and I've just wanted to be on cruise control when it came to our careers. But my current job dissatisfaction has me coming around on the idea. We have a good split of skills (him: financial, acquisitions, me: project management, general handiness), and we have the opportunity to work with a coach that we've researched and feel good about, which would include some joint ventures...and the accountability and focus of working with a coach seems like the only way we'd get the ball rolling given that we both work forty hours and are really stretched with our kids. My hangup is that the commitment would require a lot of evening and weekend time away from our kids. The long term is, of course, to have more freedom in our schedule to spend time with them, travel, etc. But while that sounds nice, I'm having cold feet committing to the idea of missing them so much for the first year or so until we can get to the point where one of us can part ways with full time employment...they are 1 and 3 1/2 years old. And what if the longterm vision doesn't materialize.

Any moms (or dads) who started investing while still working full time when their kids were very young who can offer insight? Bonus points if you were working with your significant other as a business partner.

Thanks!!!

Chrissa