So busy with jobs, work, that you don't spend quality time with family?

Hello dear ersmommy. Nowadays it seems that everyone is so busy with their work and get stressed from their work, which leaves little time for them to enjoy the little time that they could spare together with their family. I think that it is the same with me because of my busy teaching job, but I am very happy that I am now back home for the summer vacation with my family and I can spend the whole vacation with them to do whatever we would like to do. We are right now enjoying the time spent together. The long summer vacation is a time for us all to spend quality time with each other. I enjoy the time that we spend with each other. And I am also very happy that you have had a wonderful and quality time with your family. Always have a wonderful and quality time with your family, my dear friend.

Hrm. Not so busy with my work lately. In fact, I wish I was more busy. But that is a story for some other time and probably not the public boards. I should make a point of finding something else to do while work is light.

Yes. all of the time. My husband, daughter and I are all three working seven days per week right now. We all work nights too and that does not help much with timing. We have to do it right now just to make it and get by. My daughter is trying to pay her car off. She will start back to school in august and she will not work so many hours and days. My husband and I will continue working seven days a week because we have to have it right now. We barely have time to breathe anymore. when we are not working our jobs, we are working in and outside of the home.

Time is the same.. 24 hours.. for the laziest guy on earth like me, and also for the busiest personality.. Most of us, hush up things.. more.. more and try to finish the job, in advance, but in the process we lose control and often we redo things. What is the reason for hushing up the things, if we analyse reason, people wants to do two jobs in a time space in which he could do one job, to EARN MORE MONEY. yes.. the desire to earn has now turned to the phenomenon of greediness, and in the process the family, personal life, joy are definitely pushed the secondary stage, and therefore we have less time to spend have a quality life with family.

Saturday. It's been forever before then, but Saturday was wonderful. My father-in-law is one of my favorite people, but he has back problems and almost never feels like going anywhere. He went fishing with my husband, me, my son and stepson, and my stepbrother. We went to a friend's stock-pond, but we didn't catch anything except lobster-red sunburns! (My son was the only one with sunscreen on. The rest of us are all idiots.) That evening, after my father-in-law went home and we all had showers and naps, we went to play cards with my grandparents. I love to spend time with them, it's always so much fun! My grandmother is one of my best friends. Anyway, Saturday was a great day, and I hope we get a chance for another day like it very soon! And congrats on YOUR wonderful day, too!

It's always been a very busy day for me, whenever it's an ordinary day. With my two jobs, I really have less time for my kids. But definitely, Sundays is always the time for them. No one can take my time on Sundays except my kids and my wife.

Yeah all the time. But it is so hard to get my family together and all on the same page so to speak. Seems like so and so is always fighting so and so over this and that about something I think I am the only one of 8 kids that don't argue with the sibling I think of it as going with the flow and trying to never shoose sides. I tried a cookout on the 13th but only one brother from my side of the family showed up..I was pretty disappointed but I guess they will be other times and hopefully peaceful times to come that we can spend together because none of us know how long on this earth we truly have and at any given moment something could happen to one of us and I am sure we all would have regrets. I am glad you got to spend some quality time with the family. It is always nice to do even if it is a rare thing.

I just recently started working, and started a second job two days later. i am also going to school. i am a newly single mother of one little girl, and a lot of times i feel extremely guilty about not being around more for her. But, at the moment, i know I have no other choice. That doesnt make it easier, but, it has to be done.

I always ask this to myself, is it really worth it to work 8hours or sometimes more than 8hours a day? Since I started working 2 years ago my routine would be wake up at 6am then I drive to the office for 2hours. At around 10am I started working until 7pm in the evening. Then I will arrive home at around 9pm. So from there I will only spend time with my family for like 2hours a day. It sucks right? I know my family will understand that I'm doing this sacrifices for them. I hope they will not misinterpret what I'm doing, and instead they should support me. Anyway, its all about time management. If on weekdays I work, I'll make sure on weekdays I'll make it up with them. I don't go out on Saturday or Sunday, if I do go out I want them to come with me. So if you really want to spend time with your family, better manage and balance your time.