Work/family life balance
I am currently struggling with the whole work , family and general life balance.
I have the opportunity to start two new jobs which pay good money. If I did these 5 days a week I could be earning up to $100000 a year.
That would mean we could get a house loan and buy lots of stuff, every Australians dream apparently. But the flip side of that is my kids would have to be in after school care till 5-6 PM every night. I would be tried and grumpy all the time and my house would turn into a disaster!
Also I have a huge desire to work with marginalised men and women in my community and I cant do both. I find myself being pulled in two directions:
The consumer side of me that loved spending 3 hours at Ikea with a friend last Sunday, where you can buy everything for your house including beer and meatballs, at very low prices and impulse buying reigns supreme whispers go for the money imagine what it will be like……….
The side of me that cries overtime I see a homeless person or feels compassion for struggling single mums is disgusted in this and warns of the waste of my life and the gifts I have been given.
What to do?
How do you know when the balance is right?
In this consumeristic world it takes so much effort to row up stream and there is very little positive affirmation for it from the wider community.
I really do know the answer of course and its not in the money or things. I have never had to choose before. I think this might be my cross roads.
RSS Trackback URL 25. April 2007 (15:30)Filed under: Uncategorized
