Comments on: What Will You Do For More Family Time? http://www.sparkplugging.com/the-man-page/what-will-you-do-for-more-family-time/ Home Business Advice Just for Guys Fri, 17 Jul 2009 20:36:29 -0600 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: Derek Semmler http://www.sparkplugging.com/the-man-page/what-will-you-do-for-more-family-time/comment-page-1/#comment-92 Derek Semmler Tue, 02 Oct 2007 14:18:52 +0000 http://emomsathome.com/dad-balance/what-will-you-do-for-more-family-time/#comment-92 That is great to hear that you made the decision to adjust your work schedule to give yourself more time with your family. Your kids are very lucky and I am sure they enjoy having you around more often now. Making a decision like that can be very difficult. Your comment about liking your job while loving your family is a great perspective. Thanks for sharing! That is great to hear that you made the decision to adjust your work schedule to give yourself more time with your family. Your kids are very lucky and I am sure they enjoy having you around more often now.

Making a decision like that can be very difficult. Your comment about liking your job while loving your family is a great perspective.

Thanks for sharing!

]]> By: ToddlerDaddy http://www.sparkplugging.com/the-man-page/what-will-you-do-for-more-family-time/comment-page-1/#comment-91 ToddlerDaddy Tue, 02 Oct 2007 12:31:31 +0000 http://emomsathome.com/dad-balance/what-will-you-do-for-more-family-time/#comment-91 The point of this article is well made and very relevant in today's society. I can speak from some experience in that I routinely work 60+ hour weeks, and that is just the time at work, it doesn't include the time spent on work matters at home etc. The sad thing is this is actually a vast improvement. Up until just before the birth of our second daughter I was routinely spending 80 hours a week at the office and about 10 nights a month in various cities in hotel rooms. In the end I just got sick of getting to the weekends and discovering that our toddler had learned some wonderful new skill that I didn't even know about. I had missed the first time she rolled, spoke, smiled, laughed, ate solids - pretty much every first I had managed to miss. And it wasn't only the first time but things like she had been doing some of these things for ages before I was actually there to see it for myself. In the end I went to the boss and asked to change jobs within the organisation. Sure the new job is less glamorous, and less pay and not as high a profile. But I thought I would rather know my kids than anything else, besides I may like my job, but I LOVE my family and in the end that is what is most important The point of this article is well made and very relevant in today’s society.
I can speak from some experience in that I routinely work 60+ hour weeks, and that is just the time at work, it doesn’t include the time spent on work matters at home etc. The sad thing is this is actually a vast improvement.
Up until just before the birth of our second daughter I was routinely spending 80 hours a week at the office and about 10 nights a month in various cities in hotel rooms.
In the end I just got sick of getting to the weekends and discovering that our toddler had learned some wonderful new skill that I didn’t even know about.
I had missed the first time she rolled, spoke, smiled, laughed, ate solids – pretty much every first I had managed to miss. And it wasn’t only the first time but things like she had been doing some of these things for ages before I was actually there to see it for myself.
In the end I went to the boss and asked to change jobs within the organisation. Sure the new job is less glamorous, and less pay and not as high a profile. But I thought I would rather know my kids than anything else, besides I may like my job, but I LOVE my family and in the end that is what is most important

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