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Five Ways To Balance Your 24-Hour Day To Spend More Time With Your Kids

By: Angie Tewis

Do you realize that you spend at least one-third of your precious time at work? You spend another third sleeping. This leaves you eight hours in a day to run errands, grocery shop, prepare and eat meals and commute to and from work. Maybe some days you have time to say hello and good bye to your family.

Which part of this equation should you be trying to change? What piece just doesn't fit? You need eight hours of sleep to be healthy, to help keep your body invigorated, to let your muscles and tissues repair themselves naturally from the damage you do during the day. You need time with your family to stay sane and keep a good relationship with your kids, and those errands aren't going to run themselves.

So, what is the solution to the change you want to make in one eight-hour portion of your day?

Five Ways to Work less and gain more time with your Kids

1) Negotiate with your boss to telecommute a few days per week. Don't forget, though, working from home really is that - working. You can't spend the entire eight hours with your kids. You can gain the flexibility you desire to eat lunch with them and attend special events or even go to the zoo. Your kids can be engaged in quiet play while you sit at your desk slaving away on your laptop.

2) Look into a flex-time option. Can you work twelve hour shifts three days a week and put in a half day on the fourth instead of five eight-hour shifts? Can you work sixty hours one week and forty the next? Those long days are gonna hurt, I'm not going to lie, but the return you get on your days off makes it all worth it.

3) Locate a daycare facility near your work. This is not always an option of course, but it is a great one if you can make it work. You can spend your coffee breaks and lunch hour with your small child and his friends. Your child will feel very special that mommy came to see him on a regular week day. You can enjoy his company even during your work day.

4) If your kids are school age and your spouse will go along with it, work the night shift. Kids are generally in school all day, so why not work when they are asleep? An overnight shift allows you to work when they sleep and you to sleep when they are in school. This is a win-win situation for all. This, of course, only works when your children are old enough to go to school, but believe me, that time will be there before you know it.

5) Be a freelancer or private contractor. The time for setting up your own business has arrived. Don't underestimate the discipline and determination involved in starting and growing your business. The positives of doing so, however, are numerous. You can work from home, on your schedule without worries over daycare, sick days or scrambling to make time for vacations.

Which ever option suits you, you are going to gain precious hours to spend with the people you love the most.

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