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Scheduling and Time Management
Answer:
Being available for events during the school day is a challenge for busy
parents period, whether you're staying at home, working from home or working
outside the home. This is where confidence in your choice comes in.
Hopefully, when you made the choice you accepted the sacrifices and that
requires you constantly work around things. No one, and I mean no one, can
do everything and you simply have to prioritize what is most important for
your family and then let the rest go. Here are some common sense tips to
help you pick and choose.
PLAN IT: At the beginning of the school year, sit down with your family
with calendars in hand. Make a list of all scheduled school holidays, PTA
calendar events and the known school/classroom events. Determine which
are the most important to your child and to you and then schedule your
vacation time in synch with those dates. Decide how many you can
individually cover between spouses, between grandparents, aunts, uncles and
then finally good family friends, so your child always has "a cheerleader"
present if that is what you want. Hopefully between all those people, you
still will have vacation time left for a week in the summer or around the
holidays.
LET GO: You can't be at everything and you can't give up your vacation to
merely cover school events. If you do, then you leave yourself with no personal
down time. That only leads to burn out, resentment and misery. Worse yet,
what if your child has a an extended illness. Most companies see this as
vacation time not sick time as you are not sick.
With regard to letting co-workers know why you're taking off time from work,
vacation time is earned and is no one's business but yours. As long as you
are not missing critical meetings or deadlines, and you are not shirking
responsibilities and others are having to pick up where you are dropping the
ball this is a non-issue. If your company culture dictates that vacation
time is only to be taken in weekly blocks or is only for getting out of the
city for travel, then it doesn't sound like a company that values families
or understands that personal lives are very busy. That may be your cue to
start looking for an employer whose values are more in line with yours.
Balance between work and home is something that keeps families whole and
employees productive.
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