If you are like Steve and I, you are a very, very busy parent with 101 responsibilities. You have children, and probably a pet or two.
I thought I'd share with you our strategy for trying to keep a more 'living the life you love mentality' amid all the responsibilities of being a parent, a partner, a cleaner, a cook, a dog-walker as well as a marketer, a salesperson, an administrator etc, for my sole practitioner business.
Nothing burns my soul more than around dinner time, no matter how hard Steve and I worked that day, six lazy lugs are camping out on the living room sofa. Or in their beds. Their attention absorbed by a screen. It's no longer just television. Now it's either their phone, laptop, tablet, game controller or combination of two/three that is riveting their attention.
I'm not going to complain too much about our six. They're high achievers out of the home (head boys, sports captains, national sport medal winners, Excellences in school) Sorry. A bit of pride with the complaints. But what is it that makes them unable, no totally unwilling to help out in the house?
We used to have a rotating job chart that worked when they were very young (here's the link to download a weekly or quarterly one. It's simply marvellous for younger children).