There is nothing better than having a
good business career and a happy family. Sometimes, a newly wedded couple welcoming
their first child may find it difficult to cope with making right alignment
between keeping their family home happy and making a good career at work
without suffering either sides.
Even there are large families that the
parents also find themselves disengaged from the timely and necessary intimacy
that their children need to grow up in a homely family environment.
Some parents find it difficult to
share happy moment between their children because most of their daily active
hours are given to their work. They only come homes to have a nice sleep hoping
to face next day challenges at their work place. Children in such homes often
suffer absence of physical parental attentions mostly after schools hours.
Lack of keeping a good balance between
work life and family life has brought some negatives consequences into some
home like:
- a) Poor child upbringing or lack of proper home training.
- b) Absence of family vacation.
- c) May degenerate to lack of trust and dishonesty
between couple.
- d) Over bearing in career development at the
expense of closely knitted family.
- e) Divorce
- And many more.
However, if
you find yourself looking for ways to balance your work and family life then we
have some tips to assist you with. Follow these seven tips that can assist you
to overcome the challenges on how to balance your work life and your family
life so you can enjoy a stable work and a happy family life:
1) Establish good communication with your spouse
It takes two to tango (dance). When there
is an imbalance between work hours and family moments, you and your spouse
should first relate to talk it through. This saves a lot issues from raising
their ugly heads. Couple suppose to know the nature of their jobs and try to
find ways such that their family life will not suffer. When this is properly
done your children also will know when to see their parent around them
naturally without excuse for work purposes.
2) Prioritize tasks (both at home and at work)
Nothing can be achieved in a clutter environment.
The same thing is applicable to your duties. Know those things you need to get
done early in the morning at home before heading to work. These are things that
you must give your utmost attention to and apportion time frame to them. It may
require you waking up very early in the morning to attend to them. Make sure
they done by you or any assigned member of your family. Other chores must also
be carried out as expected within your home at expected time of each day. This practice
will encourage discipline and timing within your family members.
Now at your
working place, try and arrange your duties according to matter of urgency as
related to each day. Program yourself to minimize or avoid distraction from
colleagues. Concentrate on each task and bear in mind to finish such within a
time frame set by you. This will give you more chances of finishing your work on
time and closing early. It will also improve your effectiveness and efficiency
at work.
3) Have good communication and relationship with your employer and colleagues
There
may be an instance where you will need to give special attention to a family
issue. Maintaining good communication and relationship with your fellow
co-workers and your employer can ease a lot pressures coming outside of work
place. A colleague can stand in for you if you need exemption from work to care
for your family matters, a good manager or employer can reason with you and
adjust your job schedules or closing time if you relate well with them. By this,
you can gain more time to attend to your family without losing at the both
ends.
4) Create deliberate attention for each moment
Never mix working moment with family moment. Try
and drop every issue and negative mood that relate to your job at your work
place when you are closing for the day. It is not a good thing bringing your
work home to finish. Every moment counts when you are at home or at work. Give your
family a full deliberate attention when you are at home with them. Sit and play
with the kids. Give them attention they deserve when you are with them. Your spouse
must gain access to you freely within the house. Reduce official phone calls and
sticking to your computer when you are with your family. They need you for this
moment please.
5) Do not over accommodate work at expense of your family
if there are duties that can be done
by any other staff in your department or section, let others do such work. Try and
create specific duties that you know will need your sole attention. Delegate other
duties at work, if possible, so you have good time to perform optimally and
close early to meet your family at home.
6) Create time for yourself too
while being responsible toward your work and
family, be responsible also for your wellbeing. Health is wealth. Out of your tight schedule for work and home,
create time to relax, eat good food, revigorated your body through exercise,
meet old friends and sleep regularly. All these help your mind and body to be
in top shape so that you can fit in to the position you are called to occupy
both at work and home.
7) Be smart at decision making and time management
in life nothing
is static. Certain roles and appointments may deserve rescheduling either at
home or work for certain reasons. Follow such development with appropriate
adjustments to create chance for you to manage your time wisely. Since you are
determined to be both a responsible worker and caring parent- adjusting your personal
schedule to suit current situations both at work and home must not be left in
another person’s care.
There are no
little measures when you really want to balance your work and family life
because good results from both sides describe how you value life generally. I hope
these mentioned steps will really help you in your endeavors.
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