We are always running somewhere.
You have your day job, your family, your friends, your hobbies…
We are handeling 1.000 things during the day.
Most of us have a very demanding day job. Coming home, we have the job of a husband/mother/father/partner. It never seems to stop!
Some days we have everything under control, other days we don’t.
You can easily be overwhelmed by all your tasks.
Many years ago I found out that I have two jobs.
The first one is my day job where I’m very structured and productive.
The second job is my private life (Father, brother, husband…). Here I was most of the time not really productive. I missed appointments with the family, I forgot to call my friends and the garage filled up with lots of stuff.
I often thought about problems at work when i should be concentrating on my family.
I was physically present but mentally not.
So I made an easy an effective decision to get the control back of my private life!
-> I decided to structure my privat life similar to my first job.
When I plan my workday in the morning I plan also my spare time for the rest of the day.
This changed everything!
Since then:
- I never miss an important appointment with my family.
- I’m always punctual at family celebrations
- I don’t forget birthdays anymore
- I have time to play with my children every evening
- My garage is tidy
- I do sports regularly
- I meet friends regularly
- I hardly watch TV anymore
So a lot of geed things happened when I started to be more structured with my private life.
I often wonder why I didn’t do this sooner. Maybe I thought I need to rest after work and let everything around me happen.
So if you really want to have a fullfilled life you need to actively take care about your private life.
You don’t need to plan every single detail for your evening. Just a few major things to keep up with private topics and family stuff.
Have fun!