When you're growing up, you basically think that you have to have a kid. It doesn't seem like there's any other possibility. Then there's the fact that you want to have a kid. As a little girl, you definitely had your own baby (aka a plastic doll of some sort) that you pushed in a stroller. You felt so cool and like a real mom. Of course, you were five years old, but that's okay. You grew up and maybe you still wanted kids, but eventually you figured out that, oh yeah, you don't have to have children. You can do whatever you want and sometimes, that means deciding not to have any kids at all. Maybe you're in that place right now, or maybe you're on the fence and aren't really sure what is right for you and your life. But the truth is that maybe not having any children and not becoming a mom might be an awesome choice.

Here are 15 reasons why deciding not to have any kids could be the best decision ever.

15 You Will Always Sleep

Yup. This is an awesome reason not to have children and you should always remember it. When you have a baby, something happens. You stop sleeping. People say that you're going to sleep when the baby sleeps but literally any mother will tell you that you will not do that. You just won't. The crazy thing about the sleep deprivation of being a new mother is that you will often be so tired that you reach this stage where you can't even sleep. It's pretty awful. But be glad that you don't have to deal with that. So awesome, right? Yup, totally awesome. Just think about any woman you know who has kids and they will be jealous of your single, no kids lifestyle. That means that they will be jealous of the fact that you can actually sleep. Plus there's the fact that you can sleep in on weekends. You should honestly celebrate because you have the best life ever.

14 You Don't Have To Cook Healthy Meals

Cooking for kids is not fun. It's pretty much the opposite of fun. Think about it. You can't force your children to survive on frozen french fries, frozen chicken nuggets, and ketchup. Well, you could, but that would be a horrible idea, and you would definitely not win Mother of the Year. If you decide not to have kids, then celebrate because you will never, ever have to cook healthy meals. You can literally cook whatever you want. Or you don't have to cook at all. You can live on pizza for dinner and the fruit and kale smoothies that you force yourself to have for breakfast to at least pretend that you're being healthy. A smoothie can totally make you feel like the smartest, healthiest person in the world. It's true. Be glad that you don't have to be responsible for cooking for another human being (aka a little human being).

13 You Can Ignore Green Vegetables

When you're a mom, guess what? Your life totally and completely revolves around forcing your children to eat vegetables. AKA green vegetables. AKA gross things that they hate and will spit out or throw at you or throw on the floor. If you don't think that happens, then ask any woman that you know who is a mother. They will agree that this is a real thing. You should be jumping up and down for joy right now that you don't have children and you don't have to make getting them to eat healthy things like green veggies your life's mission. Just think about all the free time you have. Sure, maybe you like green vegetables and green juice and have totally jumped on the kale train, but chances are you don't really love them. So how can you possibly expect your future (and non-existent) children to love that stuff too? You can't. You just can't.

12 You Have Free Time

Just think about all the free time you will have if you never have children. Just think about it. Do you think that moms can read and watch TV and go to the movies? Oh no, they can't do that. They just can't. If they try to sit down on a Sunday afternoon and read a book because hey, their kid is five years old and they figure they can assume themselves playing or looking at a book or something for even five minutes, they can think again. It's just not happening. Be glad that you have tons of free time and can actually rest and relax and have some fun. That would never be a thing if you became a mother. So if you're wondering what a good reason to not have children is, then this is a really good one. Pretty much any mom will tell you that they hate you because you can actually do whatever you want at any time.

11 You Don't Have To Go Back To School

Okay, so when you have kids, you're not exactly going to school. It's not like you're going to school for them or are attending their classes. But when you have a child, you do have to care about their education. You have to get to know their teacher. Sometimes you will have to go to the principal's office and talk about an issue that is going on with your kid, and you will literally feel like you're back in elementary school and have actually been sent to the principal's office for real. You will hate it because you're supposed to be the grown-up in the situation but you won't feel very mature or adult at all. So if you have bad school memories and don't want to go back there, then don't have children. Seriously. Don't do it. It will be okay and you won't miss out. You really won't. If people tell you that you don't know what you're missing, that's cool. Because you actually do.

10 You Can Actually Binge Watch

If you have a kid, what is your TV viewing going to look like? Pretty much nothing. Okay, okay, maybe you and your husband will sit down on the couch after a long day and watch ten minutes of a new Netflix show before falling asleep (probably on each other). Oops. This will keep happening every single night until eventually, you will totally give up on the idea of watching television and being inserted in pop culture. Soon you will become a super boring person who doesn't know what anyone is ever talking about and what pop culture is being referenced. Do you want that to happen? Do you want Netflix and its amazing entertainment to become nothing but a distant memory to you? Probably not. You're probably pretty attached to Netflix (like most people aka everyone on the planet). So don't have kids. Just don't do it and you will be able to binge watch whenever you want. Phew.

9 You Won't Be Exhausted 24/7

When you have a baby, you're pretty much up all night and can't sleep. It's a thing. It never changes so don't even try to think that if you had a baby, things would be different and you would still get a full 8-9 hours per night. HA. The universe is laughing at you right about now. So what's an awesome reason not to have kids? That would be the fact that you will feel awake every day. Well, unless you go out with your friends and get drunk, but that's another story. You won't be able to blame a baby for your exhaustion, just good old alcohol. And you're okay with that. Because you're used to that and you can handle it. But a baby? You would never know how to deal with that kind of exhaustion. You're not sure you could deal with it and you don't think you would be able to survive on zero to no sleep. Nope, a baby isn't for you.

8 You Won't Have To Balance Work And Family

Look, there's nothing wrong with balancing work and family. It's totally awesome if you decide to have kids and still work. It's totally awesome if you decide to work and have no kids. And it's still cool if you decide to become a stay at home mom. The world is your oyster. But honestly, if you don't have kids, guess what? It's pretty much the best decision ever since you won't have to worry about work/life balance (at least not quite as much as moms) and you won't have to think about how to tell your boss that you have to leave early on a Tuesday afternoon to take your kid to the doctor. You will have a much easier, less stressful life and that's something to be excited about. People will tell you that you're being selfish. That's okay. Let them think that. Because you kind of are (and it's all good, you don't really care).

7 You Won't Have To Worry All The Time

Being a mom means worrying 24/7. It just does. You can ask any mom this and while they might deny it, they will secretly know that you're telling the truth. Think about all the things there are to worry about when you have a kid. Are they eating enough? Are they sleeping enough? Do they have friends? Are they saying "please" and "thank you" at the appropriate times? Are they being bullied or being the bully themselves? Most important of all, are they happy and healthy? It's a lot and it's a massive responsibility. People say it's the most important thing you will ever do. While that might be true, you might never actually know because you might agree that deciding not to have kids is the best thing that you can do. The truth is that you have enough to worry about in your life, so why do you need to add a tiny human to the mix? Do you really think that you can handle worrying even more? Nope, you definitely can't.

6 You Won't Have To Deal With Potty Training

If you hate the idea of potty training a tiny human and want to avoid this at all costs, then don't worry. You're not the only one who is termed of teaching someone how to pee. It's pretty much the weirdest and creepiest thing ever. Just think about it for a second. Besides how awkward it is, this is also super gross. You're going to end up covered in this kid's pee. You just are. There's really no way around it. And what's weird about being a mom is that you have to act like you are totally cool with being peed on. Really, how can you be? Are all moms okay with this? Or are they just lying? You're not weird if you're scared of doing this. You're actually totally and completely normal and you are really just saying what everyone else is thinking. So if you're looking for an awesome and smart and logical reason not to have kids, then this is it.

5 You Won't Have To Bribe Them With Candy

What is up with bribing kids? And what is up with bribing kids with candy? Don't parents know that this is a really bad idea? This is how brats are created, that's for sure. If your mom and dad did this to you, that totally explains why you expect gold stars (and chocolate) everywhere that you go and whenever you accomplish something. Then you are super depressed when your boss doesn't pat you on the back and give you a sprinkled donut when you impress them. What are they thinking?! When you're getting potty trained, you often get chocolate or some form of candy as a reward. For peeing. You get a reward for peeing. Um, what?! This sets you up for total failure in life since that never happens again. When you have to go, well, you have to go, and that's kind of the whole deal. So you don't want to have a baby and participate in this ridiculous thing. You just don't.

4 You Can Travel

It's not like you can't travel with kids... Okay, it's exactly like this. Any mom would agree, they just might not want to admit it. The truth about traveling with kids (especially a baby or a super long child) is that you will hate yourself and your life by the end of your trip, especially if you're traveling by plane. And everyone around you and everyone who has come into contact with you during your travel period will hate you, too. If you want to be hated by literally everyone, even total strangers, then sure, go ahead and procreate. But you probably don't want that. Because like most human beings, you probably like being liked. It's kind of a thing. Here's how your travel day will go. You will be late to the airport because your kids or baby were crying and screaming. You will be given dirty looks during check-in and security and when you're standing in line for the same reason. You will want to disappear when this keeps happening. And you will be exhausted. Does it sound fun yet?

3 You Can Be A Workaholic

Instead of taking care of a baby and participating in the creation of a brand new human being (or a "fresh kid" as Lorelai Gilmore called it in Gilmore Girls: A Year In The Life), you can work to your heart's content. So this means that you can basically become a massive workaholic. You can work seven days a week and say goodbye to weekends. You can make so much more money than you would have with a kid, it's not even funny and it's definitely super awesome. You can satisfy yourself with work because you love your job and you're really proud of yourself. And success is a pretty awesome high, let's not even try to pretend otherwise. It's definitely better than being sleep-deprived because your baby wouldn't stop crying and oh yeah, they have a fever. If you love your career and want to climb that ladder, then why would you have a kid? So you can feel a love like no other? Yeah right.

2 You Can Plan Things

When you have a kid, you can't plan anything. Well, technically you can. But things go wrong super fast because if you think that you can actually go on a trip that you wanted to take, then you need to think again. Your kid will totally get sick or have some kind of crisis or disaster and you won't be able to go. That goes for whether you're taking them on the trip or going without them. So why would you ever think about not having kids? Well, that's because you actually want to plan things in your life and do them. What a crazy idea. Sure, people say that becoming a mother is totally life-changing, and you think they're right. You definitely agree with them. Why? Because your life is going to change... for the worse. It's going to suck. You just know it. You want to have a full life and you don't want to have to change your plans every five seconds because of your kid. That's just not something that you're into.

1 You Will Actually Have Fun

Sadly, kids are not really as fun as you think they should be. Sometimes they are bratty, sometimes they are in a really bad mood, and occasionally they say super cute things. That's some pure math right there. If you like having fun, then why would you have kids? Having kids is the opposite of fun. It means that you are sitting on the couch at 3 in the afternoon, exhausted but unable to take a nap because a.) you're so tired you can't sleep or b.) your baby keeps waking up and screaming so you're uneasy about actually lying down. You're delirious. You're feeling crazy. And you're in a perpetual bad mood. Yup, sounds amazing. Not. If you care about having fun and want to enjoy your life, then don't have children. It doesn't matter if your mom wants a grandchild. Unless she can convince you that it's going to be tons of fun, you don't buy into this whole children thing. You just don't. Now you have to go watch some more TV.

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