Sunday, February 23, 2014

Some Important Factors In Life Management

By Mary McLaughlin


Life management skills are important in this day and age, not only for adults, but also for children and teenagers. In this lifetime, there are so many demands and this leads to burn out. You don't realize that you are working so hard until you are referred to a therapist for post traumatic stress disorder.

By working smarter, you will find that you will enjoy what you are doing and that you are achieving more. You will be getting a lot more rewards for this. It is difficult to balance your work life with that of your family life. Extra work can cause strain within your marriage, and does not help your children in any way.

There are a lot more demands in this day and age and you need to realize that if you don't get organized, then you won't benefit. A lot of people even have to go into therapy because they are not handling their lifestyle very well. This can cause post traumatic stress, and you will find that this is indeed a serious thing to live with.

Of course, cooking a family dinner and eating together at the same time does not often a lot. Your parents could probably have managed this because it was only the dad that used to go to work. This gave mom time to get busy in the kitchen without the amount of stress and strain that is present in life today. Work hours were not as long, so life was easier to balance.

It is not possible to manage your lifestyle as previous generations did. Things were much easier during those times because there was less stress around. Usually the wife did not work, so there was more support and more time to do things with the family. These days both husband and wife have to work, and you have to hold on to your job.

You may be thinking about how your own parents seemed to be so calm and managed to do everything for the family, while bringing in the money at the same time. This is because things were so different in those days, and not everyone had to work as hard. You were confident that your job was going to hold out.

These days, you have to look out for your jobs because they are very scarce. Most of the time, back in the day the wife did not work, so responsibilities were shared and there was time to spend with the family. There was also time to get a meal on the table without any stress involved. This is the difference that one has today with the recession out there.

Life management is not only for people who work and have a family. It is important that kids and teenagers start with this early on. This is especially important for those who could come into contact with gangs and drugs, because of the amount of stress that they have to deal with in their lives. One should not neglect this age group, because this is where it starts.




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