Smart Scheduling for Better Health Family Flexibility Fulfilling life’s many demands should never come at the expense of your family’s health. If your household’s daily grind consists of juggling multiple schedules and commitments with little room for relaxation, you’re not alone. Here are two ideas to help your family slow things down and better ensure everyone’s physical and mental well-being stays positive as the hours fly by. A SCHEDULE OVERHAUL When work commitments, paying bills, coordinating transportation for your children’s extracurricular activities, and other daily obligations lead to hurried and scattered interactions among family members, the American Heart Association recommends creating a new way forward. First, look closely at everyone’s daily schedules over a week to see where gaps may exist and which activities could be scaled back to allow for more time spent together. You can start by choosing two 30-minute slots during the week and two hour-long slots on weekends to get everyone in one place. The goal is to have distraction-free time with your loved ones, so put away your computers and cell phones during these special moments.
STRESS-SMART STRATEGIES Naturally, hectic schedules often lead to stress — not just for adults. In addition to providing children with all-important personal time with their parents and siblings, regular family activities can help parents better determine whether their kids feel undue pressure in any area of their lives. Although positive stress can help a young person rise to challenges — for example, studying for a big test or meeting the deadline for an important assignment — too much stress can hinder a child’s coping skills and lead to anxiety and depression or physical symptoms such as headaches and stomach pains. Setting consistent daily routines — the same bedtime each night, for example, or regularly scheduling family time everyone looks forward to — will go a long way in helping them feel more in control of their days and encourage better communication with other family members. Life is more than checking off items on our schedules. Any family can create a system that helps everyone feel happier and healthier in even the busiest times with only minor adjustments.
Gains After Strain
Post-Divorce Power and Possibilities
Under most circumstances, divorce is a deeply unpleasant experience. When you’re in the thick of legal and emotional conflicts, it’s often difficult to think beyond the immediate stress of the situation and consider the brighter days that may await you. Although no two divorces are the same, here are three things to consider when your
by disputes over money. One benefit of divorce is that it can untangle your
shared finances like a ball of Christmas lights, enabling both parties to pursue their futures without worries over the other’s economic decisions or disasters. YOU MAY END UP LIKING YOUR EX MORE. The end of your marriage doesn’t always mean
present pushes you toward a negative perspective. DIVORCE CAN BE A PATH TO BETTER PARENTING.
Even in scenarios where a divorce is handled respectfully between both parties with little to no conflict, it can be emotionally taxing for parents who are concerned about how the split may affect their children. While that fear is reasonable, it’s also worth considering that divorce proceedings could vastly improve your children’s well- being. After all, maintaining a household full of tension and frequent arguments between adults isn’t healthy for kids. Sometimes, parting ways can remove the dark clouds your children would otherwise need to navigate with everyone under the same roof. Additionally, co- parenting often enables both parents to make the most of their time with their children, leading to more focused and fulfilling relationships than those that may have developed had the parents stayed married. YOUR MONEY MANAGEMENT MAY GET BETTER. Here’s a sentence that will likely elicit a knowing nod from many readers: Most frayed marriages — and eventual divorces — are caused
the end of your relationship with your former significant other. You walked down the aisle with your best friend, so the possibility may exist for you both to maintain your past partnership’s healthy, positive emotional aspects despite your parting — something that may be helped along once all those fights over shared finances no longer exist. While there’s no one-size-fits-all approach to life after divorce, perhaps you can enjoy a more peaceful connection with your former spouse once you’re no longer married. Whether you finally end up as friendly exes or find some peace with your bank account, divorce can be a fresh start, not a life sentence.
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