Even if I'm not earning money

At the beginning of yesterday's post, I wrote that I am often asked, "Do you have a job?"
Actually, I intended to talk about that yesterday and started writing, but before I knew it, I was writing about something completely different, haha.
Today, I'd like to revisit the topic of "not working."

I currently don't have a job, and I have no plans to get one.
It's not that I can't find employment because I'm worried about a gap in my resume or anything like that.
I often hear people say things like, "I'll work once my child gets older and enters such-and-such," and there was a time when I fantasized that I might work someday too, but now, that feeling has completely disappeared.
You might think I'm acting like a "winner" in life, but if I really intended to act superior, I think I would have done it more seriously from the start rather than using such roundabout language. I don't even know how one would go about that, though.

I believe that people who enjoy working and are in an environment where they can do so should work, and if there is no need to work, there is no need to force it. (Though I do think that in terms of expanding one's community, it's better to work than to do nothing.)
I don't feel the need to work right now because I have other things I want to prioritize.
The fact that I have the choice of whether or not to work is thanks to my husband doing his job well, but conversely, one could say that because my husband is such a "corporate slave," I don't have the option to work. If I were to work too, things at home would likely fall apart. This is not the time for me to be working.

I have been involved in an organization consisting of parents and teachers, which starts with the letter P, ever since last year.
Nowadays, dual-income households are the norm. Everyone involved in P activities is also working. It's gotten to the point where I feel self-conscious about declaring that I'm a full-time homemaker.
And you know what?
Just because someone has a job doesn't mean they are "capable" or have ability.
And it doesn't mean that a full-time homemaker is "incapable" or lacks ability.
...That's what I realized.
It's obvious, of course. Such things.
However.
Although they don't say it explicitly, I've felt an atmosphere—perhaps it's the pride of those who work, or something else—that suggests full-time homemakers lack skills.
When I started working with moms who were working full-time, I also thought, "Well, I don't have a job, I have a gap in my resume, and I have no skills, so I'm no match for people who are working..."
But in reality.
There are full-time homemaker moms who speak their minds logically and sharply in meetings, and who can create proper documents on a computer.
If it ended there, it would just be a good thing. But for some reason, moms who act like "career women" seem to look down on full-time homemakers, and they don't really listen to what we have to say, as if assuming we wouldn't understand anything anyway, which sometimes causes work to not progress at all. They themselves just rattle off business jargon without thinking things through, acting as if they've done their jobs.

To avoid any misunderstanding, I'll write this clearly one more time.
Whether or not you work is not directly linked to your ability.
I'm not saying that people who work can't actually do anything and that full-time homemakers are much more capable.
There are super-capable people who work and manage their tasks efficiently even though they seem busy, and there are full-time homemakers who just pass on what they're told without any ambition or thought.
There are all kinds of people. Truly.

So.
I've decided to stop feeling inferior about not having a job.
Just because I'm a full-time homemaker, I get treated like a burden on society, told I have no ability, and various other things.
I find it incredibly strange that someone who does housework and childcare but doesn't earn money from the outside is treated as "someone who does nothing."
It's the same as someone who quits their job to focus on nursing care, medical treatment, or other various circumstances.
I also believe there is a need to be "full-time" because I want to focus on things like my children's entrance exams and their education. As I wrote earlier, I'm sure there are many people for whom the fact that their husband (or wife) is too busy is also a factor. Can someone who handles everything at home like a jack-of-all-trades to make up for a partner who works hard from morning till night really be called a burden on society?

My husband once said something interesting.
"Iwork because I have free time. You're busy, aren't you?"
No, it's the opposite!
Or rather, you're busy because you work, and if you didn't work, you'd have time on your hands, so you'd be free, right? That's what I wanted to retort.
What this line is trying to say is:
Free time → Having nothing else you want to do. Having nothing to do.
That is what it means.
Although my husband has various hobbies, perhaps there is nothing he wants to do enough to sacrifice something else for it at the moment. If that's the case, it's more efficient for my husband to use his abilities to earn money than for me, who has no such abilities, to work.
As for me... there's my eldest son's middle school entrance exam in 5th grade, taking care of my second son's lessons and studies in 2nd grade, all the various things for my eldest daughter's kindergarten life which has just begun, and the P-something at elementary school which I find slightly irrelevant... I have plenty of things I want to do and things I need to do.
By the way, for me, my children's studies are not so much something I have to do, but something I "want to do."
I have no free time. That's why I'm a full-time homemaker.

Oh, I'm not saying that everyone who works is free.
I'll state this clearly to avoid any misunderstanding.
I might get angry responses saying, "It's not about being free or anything, I can't live if I don't work! Don't talk about luxury!" but that's not the point I want to discuss. That's slightly off-topic from what I want to say.

Every once in a while, when I see comments that treat full-time homemakers like they're useless, I feel sad.
Why do they think that way? I wonder.
People can mostly only see their own lives.
They can't put themselves in someone else's shoes.
Everyone thinks those around them are NPCs (non-player characters).
They think that everyone except the character they are controlling themselves is standing still.
That's not the case.
Actually, everyone is moving properly. Everyone is doing their part.
It's not that they are doing nothing.
Even if it looks like they are doing nothing right now, they have gone through all sorts of processes to reach the position they are in.

No matter who you are, no matter what your position is.
I hope for a society where we can respect each other.
If we just criticize each other's flaws, nothing will move forward in a positive way.

Thank you. Bow.