What's it like balancing work and family for you?
By momwatittude
@momwatittude (542)
United States
February 1, 2007 5:55pm CST
For me it's definitly a struggle. I am pulled in so many different directions, and I want to do 100% everywhere. But sometimes it is really hard. I work 30 hours a week, homeschool my son, then there are the activities boyscouts, Civil Air Patrol, flying planes and his charity work. Not to mention I do all the shopping, chores, and cooking. I feel like I am cheating sometimes when I just take off and go to lunch and the movies.
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@mansha (6298)
• India
3 Feb 07
I also feel that way, I am raising two kids one is just seven month old and other is seven years and his school has two sets of examinations per mont, I feel I am always helping him prepare for the examinations. I am doing software engineering course then trying to earn online too. I also feel I fail to do a lot more than what I accomplish in a day. sometimes I feel there should be more hours in a day. I feel guilty not spending enough time with my seven month old girl. Its always do this and do that. the lines of that poem by W.H. Davies
WHAT is this life if, full of care
We have no time to stand and stare
No time to stand beneath the boughs
And stare as long as sheep and cows
No time to see, when woods we pass,
Where squirrels hide their nuts in grass
keep repeating in my head all the time. I wish I had some time for doing this too.
@momwatittude (542)
• United States
3 Feb 07
I like that poem thanks for sharing it with me and your feelings. Its nice to talk to people who feel the same way you do.
