Making Time For Family
Making Time for Family
There are many ways that you can make time for your family and still enjoy
your work. By making an effort to be with your spouse and children, you are
showing your love for them.
Communicate and negotiate what you want to get from time spent
together. Do they want to go to the newest movies and you just want to
relax at home and watch the game? Maybe you can negotiate that you can
watch the game with them if there isn’t an interesting movie playing, but
you will go with them if you all want to see the movie and you will tape the
game.
Share what you know. If you have a passion for baseball, or a hobby like
knitting, if you share it you just might find a convert, or at least a cheering
section. By sharing, we extend ourselves into the next generation. Many
times what we enjoy doing was started by a parent sharing an experience
with us. The upside is that you get to do what you enjoy, and the bonus is
that we can spend time doing it with our families.
Get down on the children’s level – Sometimes just letting the kids plan
the day takes the pressure off of you and can open the day for an adventure
you might never have thought of yourself. You just may learn to relax when
you are home and finally be able to leave work at work.
Sunday pancakes - By having special routines on the weekends, when
most parents are off from work, you let the time together become an extra-
special looked forward to event. Make memories and new family traditions.
You can change anything up and make it your own. Does everyone in your
family hate turkey? Make Thanksgiving your own way and have a baked ham
instead.
Trim the excess togetherness - you don’t have to do everything as a
family. Pick and choose what to do together as a group and what only two of
you want to do. Spending time alone, or all sitting in the living room
together in quiet is fine. Mom knits while junior plays a video game with
headphones on, daughter draws and dad reads the newspaper, all together,
but pursuing separate interests is still good.
Making time for your family can be the rock you build your life on. Work
and family life don’t have to be at odds when you take the reins and define a
place for each in your life.
There are many ways that you can make time for your family and still enjoy
your work. By making an effort to be with your spouse and children, you are
showing your love for them.
Communicate and negotiate what you want to get from time spent
together. Do they want to go to the newest movies and you just want to
relax at home and watch the game? Maybe you can negotiate that you can
watch the game with them if there isn’t an interesting movie playing, but
you will go with them if you all want to see the movie and you will tape the
game.
Share what you know. If you have a passion for baseball, or a hobby like
knitting, if you share it you just might find a convert, or at least a cheering
section. By sharing, we extend ourselves into the next generation. Many
times what we enjoy doing was started by a parent sharing an experience
with us. The upside is that you get to do what you enjoy, and the bonus is
that we can spend time doing it with our families.
Get down on the children’s level – Sometimes just letting the kids plan
the day takes the pressure off of you and can open the day for an adventure
you might never have thought of yourself. You just may learn to relax when
you are home and finally be able to leave work at work.
Sunday pancakes - By having special routines on the weekends, when
most parents are off from work, you let the time together become an extra-
special looked forward to event. Make memories and new family traditions.
You can change anything up and make it your own. Does everyone in your
family hate turkey? Make Thanksgiving your own way and have a baked ham
instead.
Trim the excess togetherness - you don’t have to do everything as a
family. Pick and choose what to do together as a group and what only two of
you want to do. Spending time alone, or all sitting in the living room
together in quiet is fine. Mom knits while junior plays a video game with
headphones on, daughter draws and dad reads the newspaper, all together,
but pursuing separate interests is still good.
Making time for your family can be the rock you build your life on. Work
and family life don’t have to be at odds when you take the reins and define a
place for each in your life.
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