This one’s becoming so standard, it’s almost not worth recounting. Fill out or print a handy timesheet template to get things started, and find out what your days truly consist of.
Your sanity will thank you.Īnother useful tactic is recording how much time certain activities take you, so you can avoid over-scheduling and pushing things off over and over again. The less you have to keep in your head, the better. Keep a large calendar (or an online calendar) and put everything on it: menus, events, schedules, school vacations, and anything else. There’s no doubt that managing things becomes much easier when you stay on top them. The trick is to make things work over time, not to make it all work at once. If things are slow at work, make time for your family. Similarly, work isn’t always constant - there are ebbs and flows there, too. Kids go through different periods where they’ll need different kinds (and amounts) of attention from you. If anything’s a constant, it’s that things will change. Maybe you can’t work late and go to your kid’s soccer game. So what does this mean when you’ve got a decision in front of you? It means that over time, you want to do enough to be satisfied with your choices. Real balance means little decisions that add up to something that feels ok to you. This is what “balance” really is (despite the thousands of articles that might tell you otherwise): not a permanent state, but non-stop adjustment. Sometimes you fall down! Whatever happens, things change every second, and balancing requires constant vigilance to maintain. Remember that “Balance” really means constant adjustment.Įver stood on one leg for a while? Here’s what it’s like: you’re constantly making little adjustments, and you’re shifting all the time. While there are habits that can help you manage work and family, there’s no such thing as a perfect medium. So if you’re trying to manage work time and family at the same time, it’s worth rethinking what “balance” means. Everybody is 100% fulfilled by their job, 100% fulfilled by family life, and can easily navigate the two.įun thought, right? Except: Balance-land doesn’t exist. Nobody feels pressure to work more, to work less, to cook more meals, to get more sleep, to exercise more, to have an immaculate house, to help their kids with homework (or to not help - which is it now?), or to be more inspired by their job.īest of all, nobody ever feels guilty about anything. Nobody spends too little (or too much) time with their kids. In Balance-land, nobody ever works too much. A trip to a magical, endlessly-fulfilling place we’ll call “Balance-land.”
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