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| Meetings at work ...and reading session and play time at home with my daughter |
My current work designation is Head/ Principal (that is how it's commonly called) of Senior High School of a State University. The work assignment was given to me last April, 2016. I was up for the challenge. The months of April and May were spent preparing for the opening of a new school year 2016 - 2017 - hiring new faculty, facilitating orientation - the senior high school program, manual for operations, designating faculty members for subject area coordinator. I also ran meetings, big assemblies, extended training with a team of speakers/ facilitator to the state university external campus, monitoring implementation, wrote many letters requesting for approvals, faced interview in a television network, joining meeting called by the mayor's office and so many more.
The main point is, my life changed as fast as that from a university professor in the field of psychology (though I am still handling the subject) to the nitty gritty of leading the senior high school. Thus, the usual, going home from work has changed from leaving home so early to coming home at night. The pressures at work has consumed me that at one point I had to decide to be off from work for a day just to take a rest and just be with my little girl.
There are sacrifices to do. I have to always remind myself to balance work and family life. At my end, I feel that when I am home, it means really home and not touch any of my work. There are weekends when I just have to linger with my husband and daughter ...mostly with my daughter. Though I have time with my husband sometimes watch movie together and eat out. But I always think bringing along my daughter and of course really doing it.
I had to make time. To consciously make time for my family. My daughter is such a sweet girl and I feel her when she just wraps her arms around me, clings for few minutes and totally feel her longing of my presences. The brief moment we have and my husband is such a beautiful ...so wonderful time that I could simply be lost and forget about work. Thank you God for the simple love and gift of family.
Truly balancing entails conscious effort but it is never such a struggled stride. Just a transition from the busy work to the most comforting loving home you gave me and my family.:-)
