Dec 12 2008
Keep The Business Out Of Your Family Time
This is not to say that your kids can’t help out with tasks within your business, I am thinking much more along the lines of not bringing business into your time with family.
One too many times I have allowed my work stress and work frustrations to come with me once I walk away from the computer. That is simply not fair to my family. When I am cantankerous and unhappy over something I was working on, it’s not fair to pass that on when interacting with everyone else.
No one is perfect and we all get frustrated once in a while. When was the last time you let a bit of that irritation over something you were dealing with within your business come with you when you walked away? Were you a little extra snippy and impatient? This is exactly why we need to leave it behind! We, as in me and you.
I think sometimes we forget to shut down those frustrations until the next time we load them back up. It can be hard, we don’t have an on/off switch working our emotions. There is one thing I have learned from my own experience, though… Once I find that trick to turn off work and move back to mom, everyone is much happier.
