Balancing Work and Family
Megan Kaufmann
Clarifying Values
- Can ease stress by becoming more aware of our values
- Modifying or prioritizing our values can be one way of easing role strain
- It is sometimes important for many of our values to remain unconscious
Set Priorities and Manage Time
- Setting priorities is effective to time management
- Try to plan and schedule activities that move us towards our goals
- Define your goals, then ask yourself questions
Set Realistic Goals and Expectations
- To ease role strain we can choose to put some goals on hold, let go of some, and modify others
- Assumptions usually come from our values and are harder to identify than our goals
- Choosing goals that are unrealistic can make us irritable and angry
Let Go and Understand Control
- Doing everything yourself can keep us from reaching our goals
- Understanding the satisfaction and power we get from performing certain tasks are important aspects of effectively delegating or dividing tasks
- Delegate or divide work to accomplish priority needs and wants