3 Words That Will Change Your Home Life
It doesn’t matter if you are single, a dad, a mom, a husband or a wife. If you aren’t aware of how you think when you are away from work and the rest of the world, you will set yourself up for a fall. If you can’t control your mind and thought life at home, you will end up in trouble at some point in life. If I had to boil it down, here are 3 Words That Will Change Your Home Life:
Be. All. There. Emotionally. Physically. Mentally. 100% of you. Be. All. There.
Single people, be careful bringing your work & all the worries of the world home. Draw boundaries and use this time during your life to grow personally. When you are home or with friends, Be. All. There.
Dads, Your kids won’t remember your problems some day. They don’t care about your meetings or events. All they’ll remember is if you were there with them. If you were all there. Be. All. There.
Moms, you are amazing. We don’t understand how you do it. Manage your time well. Don’t worship them, but block out sections of time where you focus on nothing but the kids (Shoutout to Moms). Be. All. There.
Husbands, work hard when you are at work. Turn things off on your way home. Your wife needs your full attention when you get there. Go to a park or go for a run to clear your head if you need to. Be. All. There.
Wives, you are unbelievably amazing. Seriously, how do you put up with us? Be careful with social media sites like Facebook. Make your time with your husband special and block out the world. Be. All. There.
Be. All. There. You’d be surprised what these 3 words can do for your health, your family, your sanity. You’d be amazed what will happen with your kids and with your marriage. You’ll be surprised what will happen in your workplace.
Be. All. There. For you. For them. For Him. Thoughts? Love to Hear them in the comments below!
Why is it so tough for us to turn things off and focus on the task at hand? What tips do you have for the rest of us when it comes to these 3 words?
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I could not agree more with the thoughts shared here. Imagine the way it could be if more parents were all there for each other and their kids.
JD, It would be a different kind of world I bet. One decision at a time, one minute, one hour, one day and one family. It all starts with the individual choosing to make a difference. Thank you so much for the comment.
Love your thoughts, however what about for kids/teens that are reading this? How do we Be.All.There?
Becky, GREAT question. I’m curious to hear what other thoughts are out there. I’m an old dude now, but I’ll never forget the experience every kid and teen has of being home or with parents, but wanting to be somewhere else. When I was a kid, we didn’t have the options to plug into the rest of the world at the touch of a mobile device, so it was a lot easier to Be All There. My thoughts go to this: 1. Turn your phone off for an hour at a time. 2. Take your parents out on a date 3. Talk to them about what you’d like to do for a night or an afternoon, then ask them to help you plan it. 4. Turn off the TV for an hour and just hang. 5. Find a fun game you can play with your parents or brothers and sisters 6. Get in your parent’s world. Ask mom or dad to take you with them to where they go and explain why they do the things they do. Becky, these are just some thoughts. I’d love to hear form some other readers on this one…
Thanks for the reminder, Chad. I needed to hear that today.
Sandy, you are so very welcome. Thanks for the comment.
Amen man, this is awesome. So hard to remember sometimes, but imperative ESPECIALLY because we’re dads.
I’d write more, but I gotta go kiss my kids goodnight.
Ben, go for it! Thanks for the comment. Easy to write about, hard to do!
Chad,
Great Blog post! I needed to read it. I telecommute as a Software Engineer so sometimes the lines between my work and family life kind of blur for me. I have just got to learn to have that “clearing my head” time and your suggestions about spending an hour without electronic distractions are noted as well.
Thanks,
Johnny
mm, good.
challenging. and right on.
i don’t know that there is one reason why it’s so hard to turn things off. we could be work-junkies. we can be trying to escape our marriage, home life, perhaps in denial of a deeper issue and just need side-tracked. it could also be a path, a false one, to ones worth.
whatever it is…it can rip a relationship and family apart if not watched out for.
great post!
Tam, thanks for the note! Yeah, it’s so easy to get lost in our work.
Love this post!!! My parents growing up cared more about money and stuff and not about me (They adored my sister and still do to this day). I played a game of 1 on 1 basketball with my daughter this afternoon and loved it. Thanks for this reminder.
Brian, you are so welcome. Great to see you connecting with your daughter!