How do you balance work and family?
• Travel at night to minimize time away from home • Set a few hard family oriented priorities like coaching a team or attending events. • Use the commute home to adjust your attitude – work hard and do not bring work frustrations home • Be sure family members have clear expectations about tasks and availability. • Be very organized. Write down all activities, including: work, personal, school/extra curricular, play dates, etc. Without knowing where/when everyone is suppose to be, you’ll get caught off-guard and miss important family or work events • Hire out what you can (housekeeping, laundry, yard work, car wash, etc.) this leaves more time for family during non-working hours • If you have someone willing to share the load (spouse, parent, friend), let them! After school day care also helped. • Volunteer in your child’s classroom one day a week. If your school doesn’t have volunteers, some schools allow eating lunch with your child. • Pre-plan a week’s worth of easy dinners and shop
