IMPORTANCE OF QUINTESSENTIAL WORK-LIFE BALANCE – Happy Homes Raise Happy Kids

IMPORTANCE OF QUINTESSENTIAL WORK-LIFE BALANCE – Happy Homes Raise Happy Kids

Your children get only one childhood. Make it memorable.”

                                                                                                                                         – Regina Brett

In today’s challenging and dynamic work environment, it is crucial to realize a healthy work-life balance for overall well-being and success. However, Indian dual working parents face unique challenges in juggling their careers with their familial obligations. Striking a right equilibrium between professional responsibilities and family duties is a big challenge and can be draining.

Recent research done by the Journal of Management Research has revealed that having an unhealthy work-life balance brings forth an increasing number of behavioural problems and insecurities regarding emotional regulation in children and adolescents.

Remember if your work-life balance is delicate, it can become as exhausting as an obstacle race. This blog will help in unravelling the importance of promoting healthy work-life balance for all Indian dual working parents and discuss several ways to bridge this gap and create an all-encompassing harmonious environment at your home as well as at your workplace.

Here Are Some Tips That Can Help You with Your Work-Life Balance While Raising Kids:

• Build your work-life balance with baby steps. Drastic changes may not work out for you. Set small and specific goals that can help you move forward.
• Learn to set your priorities according to your real-life preferences.
• Perfection is out of reach. Try not to be hard on yourself as the great poet Alexander Pope once aptly quoted that, “To Err is Human.”
• Enjoy your Me -Time and those special moments with your family and friends. Try to unplug yourself from checking your official work repeatedly as this would help to find yourself more present and connected with your kids and family.
• Try for some exercise and meditation sessions. It will help release the secretions of your good hormones in your body finally reducing your stress levels and making you feel good and happy.
• Try to do at least one thing you love every day.
• Ask for support. Remember, you are a parent, not a superhero! Recognize your limits and ask for extended help when you need it.
• Make a contingency plan with someone you trust, like a partner, a parent, or a friend. This will make sure that unexpected events, like having to pick up your child from school early, are covered.

 ️BENEFITS OF ACHIEVING GOOD WORK AND LIFE BALANCE WITH CHILDREN

• You will feel less stressed, healthier, and more energetic, and better able to make decisions.
• It will help you prevent burnout at work.
• It is better for your children, as they will spend more quality time with you.
• It is good for your relationships with your loved ones.

And yes, you can involve your children in this balance. Invite them to help you while planning the activities the family is going to do together. They can also help you with the shopping list or choose the meals you will cook weekly. They can start helping with small household chores when they are young, like picking up their toys after playing with them. This way, you can spend more time together and less time cleaning up the house.

Always remember that “Children learn to smile from their parents” and by building cushion time into your busy schedules, you not only avoid an unnecessary cortisol hormone rush, but you also stand a better chance of preserving your correct work-life balance!!