BECOME A MEMBER
Having returned from our summer holidays and having started school, our daily work, we feel the pressure again.
The programs are intense and exhausting. But what is it that all women have to deal with? Work- Home- Family. How to balance all the different roles? How to be consistent at work? Is the house in good condition? Kids and partner happy? Is my employer satisfied? All these and many more we can think of are some of the things we are running to catch up on.
But let's look a little at ourselves in all this everyday life and let's start setting limits, priorities in order to shape our everyday life as best as possible. Start with the basics. Don't have regrets and guilt everyday.
Understand that it is not always possible to catch up with everything and even to have it perfect and that is the most important thing in everyday life. There are 24 hours in a day and it is not possible for everything to go exactly as you want. There is also the next day.
You can, if you want, to help yourself in the evening when you relax, try to plan in your mind the obligations and the program of the next day so that you can put the order that you think will help you the best.
Ask your people for help. It is very important to talk and ask at the office for help with a project from a colleague or at home to tell the spouse to keep the children while you have to do something else important. When you ask for help, you manage to take the burden off your shoulders and feel calmer.
Make time for your partner. Everyday life and routine, especially after the arrival of children, often drives couples apart. It is important to steal some of your time and share moments with your partner, the two of you. It creates a better balance in the couple and you manage to relax from the tension of everyday life in a way that only the two of you know.
Take time for yourself. To be able to have mental balance and to be well at work, at home, in your relationship, if you are not well with yourself first, you will not be able to cope. Take care and love you! Find what makes you feel good and start doing it for you. It can be for example a hobby, but even if there is no time to steal you can read a book in the evening when everyone has fallen asleep and drink your favorite wine. For each of us, what makes us feel good is something different. Find yours!
Quality time with children will give you strength! It is not enough after work to run the children to chores and extracurricular activities. Spend quality time with them so that they feel even closer to you and you also feel that you really understand them and are always by their side. Talk to them about your own program. It is important that they know how great their mom is and how much she goes through every day.
Remember: No mom (working or not) is perfect. And the hours you spend away from your family are many, you don't need to feel guilty. Think that with your work you contribute significantly to the family's finances and you are a role model for your children to do the same when they grow up! ✔
From the bottom of my heart good luck!
Katheri Argyro (Occupational psychologist - HRethinking)