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Most people work very hard these days and work more and more hours. When they do arrive home, they find it tricky to switch off and can many times find themselves starting up the work laptop and doing more Work From Home. Work computers seem to be the norm now, which encourages staff to do some of their tasks in their own time, at home, at night.

I used to have a push email client on my smartphone, which meant that those who were working in China or India, for me, and were sending emails when they arrived at work, would gain my attention during the early hours. On top of this I would receive emails from suppliers based in USA, so I was on call 24 hours a day, which sometimes caused annoyance for my family. We were woken during the night by messages arriving in my inbox, so I had to remember to turn off the smartphone at night.

There were many Online Jobs which I could not complete during the day, due to interruptions from co-workers, so would spend evenings catching up on this work. I found it very difficult to switch off. Because my family advised me, frequently, how much work I was doing at home, I made a determined effort to leave my computer at work so many evenings each week, to ensure that I would spend quality time with my family, and this worked in everybody’s favour.

After that job finished and I decided to work for myself, I opted to Work From Home, running an Internet Business, which again includes many Online Jobs. Because, from my earlier experience I know I will work long hours if I do not limit myself, I determine that at certain times I shut down my laptop, forget about my Internet Business, and concentrate on my family. We may go for a walk, we may just sit and watch telly together, or we may do something special, but that time is precious and is not interrupted by work. If my mobile phone rings, I ignore it and I do not worry about who may need me. If I do not answer and they have a particular reason to call, they will leave a message which I will pick up once I am working again.

I feel it is very important to give family full attention when you are with them, as you give work full attention when you are there. Your family should be much more important to you than anything else, so why would you allow them to suffer by giving them less than 100% of your attention?

Try and put yourself in the position of your family. What would you want to see happen differently? How many hours would you want to spend with the whole family, enjoying each other’s attention? What would you want to do at that time? Once you have answers to these questions, you will see how you can improve family life for you and your family. Carry out the changes and you will then have the perfect work/life balance and will find you can manage both much better.