In our society, we advocate personal, professional, and family fulfillment. This model can be difficult to manage when you’re a parent. It requires you to do everything at once. You’re asked to be good collaborators or entrepreneurs, happy people, and good parents. How can you reconcile these ideals? What could a harmonious situation bring you?
Balancing personal and professional life: finding the right balance
It’s difficult to develop your career while taking care of a family. There are times in life when you feel like you’re being asked to do things from everywhere and don’t know where to turn. It then becomes important to find the right balance between your work and your loved ones. But what does that mean?
If professional opportunities present themselves to you and you like them, do everything you can to accept them. Turning them down because you don’t have the time could be a source of great frustration for you, and you could develop resentment and discomfort. Forgetting yourself is not desirable. If your career is important, don’t neglect it just because you’ve become a parent. However, it is essential to set limits on your work, so you can enjoy your children.
Developing your well-being and that of your loved ones: the benefits of a fulfilling life
By taking care of yourself, by giving yourself time, you can recharge your batteries and boost your self-esteem. If you want to give, you have to be able to receive, to take care of yourself. Your daily family life could be affected if you come home every evening exhausted, frustrated, and nervous. The time you spend with your children would not be of quality, and that is what they demand.
Think about what would make you happy. Set up a ritual activity just for you in your diary and try to keep it . Tell yourself that this time without your children is indirectly a way of taking care of them. When you get home, you will be available, calm, ready to listen to them, to play with them.
Organizing and delegating: the keys to harmony between work and family
One of the biggest challenges for a parent is being able to organize themselves sufficiently so as not to get overwhelmed. Plan household chores, shopping, and cooking in particular. Make this time objective and organize it; this will allow you to become more efficient and relieve your mental load. Set up cleaning and tidying schedules, and practice batch cooking on Sunday evenings so that you don’t have to worry about what you’ll eat during the week.
One last piece of advice: don’t manage everything! Know how to delegate. If your children’s age allows, involve them in daily activities. Have your toddlers been looked after for a while to free up time for your work and activities? Divide daily family responsibilities equally.
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