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Work & Family Balance
Work & Family Balance

If you are a working parent, you may find yourself struggling with the many hats you wear. Balance is experienced differently by everyone and can be identified by some or all of the following feelings:

You have enough time for family and work

Life "flows" and feels relatively effortless

When something in your life breaks down (baby sitter gets sick, the car breaks) you have the resources to cope

Balance has some characteristics:

It is not a constant, it comes and goes as things change in life

It has to be worked at

The process of seeking balance can be stimulating and a true learning experience about what is important to you

How do you get balance?

There are many components to finding balance, many that you know consciously and unconsciously. Here are my "top ten" components to finding balance. Add your own and put this list in the back of your mind to help guide you in this difficult process.

Recognize that balancing roles as parent and business person is truly work in itself, it requires appreciation of your work

Take time to think about balance and how to get it this week

Apply your best analytical and creative thinking to problem-solve this task

Remember yourself, your needs, your wants, your happiness this is the ultimate barometer of balance

Have faith there is a way don't put barriers in front of possibilities, you can make it work

Flexibility is important what works this week may be out of whack next week stay open to new solutions

Know the signs of imbalance, including resentment, fatigue, overwhelm, depression, unhappy family members, dissatisfaction with work

Revisit your core values and live them, know what is most important to you today

Remove, delegate the things that interfere with the important stuff

Find the joy in the process




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