how do you relate work, power, and energy with family life?
817875
Work, does your car with its motor. \nPower, electric power to all electric devices in your home. \nEnergy, electric energy, for all your appliances in your home, and combustion energy in the motor of your car.
394301
It is about boundaries. You must keep your professional work separate from family life otherwise you will get yourself all tangled in knots. Ask yourself what you would do if you were not working in the field you are. How would you deal with the family situation then? It is ok to use knowledge that you have gained through work to inform the way you relate to your family. But you are not working with your family you are part of it. What you could do is make your concerns known to those in your family that are worrying you and let them know that there is help available. Aside from harm issues (to themselves or others, especially children) people have to want to change their lifestyles. You cannot bully them into this. It must be worrying for you, but I feel it is important to keep your work life apart from your family life. That is about keeping yourself safe. Without doing that you can't help others.
251183
I'd say family.  When your kid is born, then nothing else matters in the world.  When you meet your true soul mate, then everything else is just stuff.  You'll have to fight to keep your soul mate happy and fight harder to provide a good life to your kids.  Those will develop your inside in ways money never could.  Now, part of that fighting for your family could be the quest for money, but then the central focus is your family and not the money itself.
275827
Sunday night is our family night (actually we reserve all of Sunday afternoon and night).  Nobody is allowed to make other plans then.  My husband and I try not to have "chores" to do for ourselves or the kids.  Sometimes we go to the lake and swim/cook out/hike.  Sometimes we order in and watch movies/play board games/read books.  Sometimes we work on a family project like a fun craft, experiment or plan our next vacation.  Sometimes we go out and eat and then see a movie, play or concert or go bowling or sometimes we head outside and play soccer or whatever else the kids want.  Sometimes we do nothing "formal" at all and just spend all day lounging around together talking and watching TV. To us it's not about doing "one thing" unless that one thing is being together.  Everyone in the family puts ideas into a jar that sits on the kitchen counter.  We do this whenever we get an idea that we think would be fun to do with the entire family.  Every Saturday night we pull out three and then we (mom and dad) pick one of those three (the other two get put back in so they eventually all get done...within reason of course) to do the next afternoon/evening.  For us the important thing about family night is just having time together.  Our lives are so busy that we crave the time to just be together and enjoy each others company.
1006384
26, im a buyer in the oil & gas industry, approx 19/hr i guess.(annual, i dont feel like doing the math right now)\n\nTo the "stay at home mom" get over it, try going to work and them going home and doing everything else that you have all day to do, get over it.
880841
Power.\n\nMoney gets you power.\n\nLeaving a lot of money to your kids gives them power.\n\nIt's all about power.
963616
often, i have more peace at work...i am not emotionally attached there...with my kids, life at home is always busy busy...running off to practices, scout meetings, games, concerts...it is chaos, but well worth it.
578969
My marriage for sure - seems there's never enough time to spend time together.  \n\nI also feel like I neglect my kids, while I'm doing housework.  But, I guess they COULD help me so that I get done faster & then we'd have more together time.  I don't feel guilty when I say "Hey, lets go to the show, or out to eat" and neglect housework/other things for the evening.  That stuff can usually wait!!
1154731
that all depends on you and your spouse! if you are secure with staying at home taking care of the family then stay, but if you want to work then work! this is something you and your spouse should discuss
560268
Personally, I stay very busy with work.  After work, I've been focusing on things that I tend to neglect when my hubby is home.  Things like my fitness, planning more nutritious meals, scrap-booking, cleaning and purging old clothing, paperwork, etc.  Then I discovered this bloomin' site and I've been spending a lot of time being the biracial Oprah giving all sorts of advice!  LOL
208375
bite me    you rule for having the courage to ask this question,  i was in this jam myself earlier on in my marriage,  then i asked someone how to make this happen and the advice was do housework, like dishes and laundry and vacumning,  and on days when i do this it makes my life easier\n\nthe last two mornings i have done dishes before i left for work,\ntremendous change of attitude when i get home\n\nthink about it
857107
The work is rewarding - the children and their parents/carers are fantastic at my school, and it is a great pleasure and privelege to work there - but the workload is really intense and never lets up, and you find yourself spending half the holidays unwinding and catching up on your paperwork and laundry, etc and then preparing for the next term, with just a few days or weeks having a normal life of your own.  It is incredibly hard work, you often find you are working 60 hours a week, and you need supportive and understanding friends and family, as it's sometimes difficult to have time and energy to have a life - but you do need a life outside teaching as you would otherwise burn out or become isolated.  However, the kids are fantastic!
596546
Studies,Family well-being,finances,am i doing the right thing?,well-being of the person i love
30451
My family is the perfect family.  We all have our setbacks (some still living at home, divorce, children out of wedlock, some out of work for a while, arguements with husbands/ wives, etc.) BUT- We all are close (including children's children) and we love each otherSO MUCH.  We see each other often.  We still are corrected by our parents.  We live pretty close by to each other.  We all go to church.  God is the center of our lives.  We argue for a few seconds.  We laugh.  We are extremely loyal, giving & kind.  There are lots of us.  We help each other out.  Our children are actually friends and not just cousins.  We treat each other's homes as if it is our own home.  We cook for each other.  We voice for each other.  We defend each other.  We cry to each other.  We talk on the phone.  We go out together.  We vacation together.  We do favors for each other.  We help with each other's businesses.  We borrow each other's stuff.  We are loud & noisy.      \nThis is only a small explanation of my perfect family.  I hope that I raise a family exactly like my parents did.  I always pray for this.
782055
Some Commitment, Gifts, and sacrifice on each other and Family Planing...
622994
You should be thankful to have a husband who works too much instead of a bum.  Men have their own reasons why they work too hard, in my situation my husband's reason is it is for us, his family.  He works hard so he can provide whatever we need and want all through out our lives because he loves his family so much.  He also works for self-fulfillment and I may say that there are people who are naturally born workaholic.  You see, when my husband is at home he never stops working, he cleans the house and does all household chores.  At first, it drives me crazy to see him work too much but as time passes I learned to accept the fact that he's a hyperactive man who needs to move all the time.  When it comes to our children, I explain to them that their father works all the time because he loves us.  That's why they should understand why they seldom see him because what he does is for all of us.  I don't know if your husband kisses or hugs your children but you see my children are very satisfied with my explanations to them and whenever my husband comes home he makes sure he kiss and hug our children even when they are already asleep.  I think it is very important for children to feel their father's love by simple gestures even if they seldom  see him.
197084
Most all people have some sort of mental illness. The key is are you being affected emotionally or physically by this person. If the answer to this is yes then take it from an middle aged person suffering daily from a boss and mother that are mentally ill. This has had a HUGE affect on my life and my children. So MY advice is to look for another job in an organized manner and make the move if you have any of the above issues.There are bosses that donot get off on power struggles.I have one now. BEST TO YOU.