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We’re so eager to make everything in our life so perfect that we exhaust ourselves. What’s about if everything doesn’t need to be that perfect?
Last night I was watching the last Mickey Rourke movie “The Wrestler” and it hit me when he said to his daughter: ” I was the one who was supposed to take care of everything …and I just didn’t”. The guy was so focused on being a great wrestler that he put his family on the side lines.
Job stress management. Do you have the right to transfer your stress to your kids and family?
I will go straight to the point, the answer is No.
Your kids shouldn’t feel your stress. They can’t understand your problems and you can’t explain them the situation. All what they will see is that their Dad/Mom is not loving them as usual. The first person they will blame is themselves, because they just don’t understand. It’s crazy how a kid can feel guilty.
If your job is stressing you to the point of impacting your family, you either fix the problem or just leave. The price that you will pay if you ignore the problem can be huge. It’s time to start your job stress management.
If you have a problem in your couple, harry up and fix it. This is the worst situation for the kids. Their mom and dad are upset and don’t love them as much as usual.
If you feel that your family and your kids are important, manage your stress. Get rid of any stress source.
It’s easier said than done. I agree, I’m living it right now.
I took a job that was supposed to make my career move forward; it turned to be a huge step back. I had to deal at the same time with my disappointment, an extremely stressful management style and finding a solution in these bumpy economic times.
Without realizing it, I was bringing my frustrations home. I was sad most of the time and getting angry very fast.
I’m a very calm person especially when dealing with my kids. One day I was helping my son doing his homework and I got mad at him for a stupid mistake.
That day, I decided that this should stop. I have to find a solution and I have to find it fast.
I resigned last Thursday and I feel such a relief. On Saturday my wife was already telling me that she got me back.
I’m choosing to work from home for my own account. I will need to manage a new type of stress “the revenue”. I personally consider it as a positive stress. This stress is what would motivate me to take bold steps and change my life. It’s a stress that comes with hope and lead to accomplishment.
These positive feelings, you have the right to bring them home. It’s great to spread this motivation around you. Your kids would be so happy to see the brightness in your eyes. For them their Dad/Mom is loving them more and it feels so good.
Up to now my family is living from a paycheck to another. Although we have good salaries, it’s always a straggle to balance our budget. 
We are in that comfort zone, where the pay is coming on time and all what we have to do is splitting it between all the bills. At the end of the day, we know that our bills will be paid, but we also know that nothing much will be left.
We realize that in order to save money and be truly in the safe side, we need more than a pay check. We need to step up and break this comfort.
I agree it is risky, especially because we have kids. However, I’m sure that because we have kids, we will be careful and taking the right decisions.
We decided to have a business in an area that we master and where we can make the difference. We chose to help other parents keeping a good family balance.
As we don’t have enough financial resources, we decided to start a web project: ourfamilyworld.com. We will be transmitting our experience to other parents and learning from theirs. We will speak about something we enjoy and have fun developing our own business.
This project won’t just help us improve our financial situation; it will also help us keeping our family balance.
my family as my first priority and refuse to compromise.Today, realizing that I’m having less time for my wife and 2 kids because my boss is demanding, I decided to be my own boss. I believe that the ultimate ambition is to be my own boss.
I’m happy about this decision. I will be working from home and having more time for my family. The most important thing is that I will be less stressed, spreading more joy and happiness to my loved ones.
I’m positive that this is the best decision I ever took in my life. I will be professionally accomplished without jeopardizing my family balance.
To be able to create some balance in my life, I started by defining my priorities. I’m sure it’s not the first time you heard that, just give it a shot, it works.
You don’t need to do it by writing, use the method that you feel comfortable with. The only purpose of doing it is to define your main and absolute priority. When you find it, balance the other priorities around it.
I personally decided that my absolute priority is my family. In fact, my job, my social life and all my decisions were balanced around my family’s well being.
My son was born with a sever strabismus and needed all my attention. See my blog: http://ourkidsguide.blogspot.com/ to understand what this involves. I couldn’t save any energy to help him.
Twice to 3 times a week I drive him to his activities. He’s playing Hockey, skiing and swimming.
I’m always there to encourage him. On the weekend nothing can prevent me from taking him on a roller blade ride, cycling or just walking.
To balance between him and the rest of the family, I bring my 2 years daughter with us. Sometime, if my wife is available, she joins us.
Since my baby daughter was born, it’s always me who give her the bath and put her in the bed. I can’t wait to do it each single night. She’s the only audience I ever had when I’m singing.
Around 8:30 p.m. when the kids are sleeping, I take care of my lovely wife.
