When I say having and raising children is a job in itself – I am sure many working parents will relate to this. It might seem like a humungous task to balance your personal and professional lives when you’ve small kids at home and have a regular day job to take care of at their office based out of commercial building in Kolkata.
With great responsibilities also accompany great ideas and trips and tricks to manage them well. Here, in this blog, I’m sharing a list of work-life balance tips that work well for employed parent or parents. Here you go:
1. Switch Your Phone Off
We have to become the mirror image of how exactly we want our kids to turn out. The easiest way to make the most out of your time spent with kids is to switch off the phone when the kids are around. This will make them feel attended to and will create some boundaries around personal and professional lives too. Stay away from checking work emails every now and then or replying to not-so-urgent texts while kids are around.
2. Divide House Chores
Dividing the home and child responsibilities ahead of time will not only help reduce the frustration and feeling of overworking between couples but also there is a sense of clarity as to who will do what. When it comes to night-time routine of kids, have clear demarcation as to who will give bath to the kids and who will put them to bed.
3. Share Each Other’s Work Calendars
This is a brilliant way of keeping each other posted about work commitments so that when one is busy, the other can fill in to take care of kids. Most couples do that to know if one’s having a late night at the office in Kolkata and the other has an early morning departure tomorrow. Same goes for work-related travel as well.
4. Get Realistic
Realize and accept that work-life balance is largely an individual subject to apply. For some parents, the down time of 1 hour with kids might suffice and for some it takes more than that. Set your own rules and boundaries and stick to them. Make changes to them when required and keep everyone concerned informed too.
5. Set Your Priorities Right
Most kids don’t really acre about their parents gifting them fancy clothes or big toys. What they need is for their parents to be around and spend quality time with them without having to worry about the work. Set family time with your kids as your top priority and work your job around that and not the other way round. Doing this will bring in a lot of mental peace and con tent for sure.
6. Outsource Chores
Mundane and time-consuming chores as laundry, running errands and getting essentials can take most of your time leaving you little to no room for quality time with kids. You can get grocery and supplies once a week on weekends or order online. Outsource laundry to save time, buy appliances that save you from a lot of headache and more such actions.
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