Do Family and Friends Respect Your Working Hours? | Balancing Work & Family | Writing Forum

My one year old (14 months) and I are inseparable, heck, I am usually wearing her or she at least is Breastfeeding, but she is very respectful of my work. I give her my iPhone while I use my iPad (now my primary "computer") or vice versa or a pen and paper if that's what I am up to, and she let's Mommy do her work while she does hers.

M husband has always been very supportive, and I am even going to help him get into some freelance writing of his own soon. He is busy developing his web comics and writing short stories, but always good to have another income stream!

My wife is also my business manager and someone I bookend every single piece of work off of.  Regardless of whether it is a client project or personal pursuit.  My working hours and ethic are supported and encouraged.  I realize I am at a significant advantage.  With a few changes coming to my practice her input has been tremendous and supportive.  If I need to step away and perhaps not realize it, she will make the necessary comment and tell me to walk away from work for a bit.

It's been a work in progress. I try to get in a few hours during the school day and then work again in the evening when my kids are winding down. I'm blessed with a very supportive husband--and he helps the kids get into bed at night. Now, summers and other vacation dates are different. My kids still need me to stand over them to get their chores done and I do have to battle with my kids' over screen time. So, I'm still working out those wrinkles. I'm hoping to send both kids to overnight camp this summer so that I at least get one week of peace during the summer months. I'm especially nervous about this upcoming summer (I know it's months away--but time flies by so quickly) since I started corporate writing this month that I'm going to have a real balancing act between family time and work load. We shall see.