What It Takes

Career and family have always been in conflict and the battle is not likely to see an end. 

It doesn't really matter if you have just begun your career or celebrated the 10th anniversary of the company you run, when it comes to the home front, the battle is real.

It is not just a "married people's problems" anymore and here is my rant, being the guilty party

• Working or studying full time take up a good portion of your day and by the time you reach home, you are in no mood to make conversations. The most you can afford to do is to wave your parents a good night. This you agree is a terrible habit but it is better than being infuriated and annoyed at the thought of a conversation.

•  Not only you have to work during the day, chances are that you have to continue work because you decided to bring few files home to get them ready for the next day. I am 110% guilty of this, and the ‘correct’ thing to do is to finish office work at office. This does not help with the practical issues and my strategy is to not use family time to do the work. AKA pull an all-nighter!

•  Parents are mostly tolerant of the career focused girls, so do not forget to treat them to a simple sweet surprise whenever you can.

• The stress of office work and the need to keep family obligations, could be stressful and might cause you to lose your cool. The urge is mostly to prioritize work over family but we all know that the ideal option is the other way round, and I can only say that it is easier said than done.

If that is what it takes, let it be so. If it is a hard investment, it is definitely a worthy one.

The Anchor