Family Planning Success Tip of the Week

Another year is upon us, we are faced with recuperating from the economic downslide while still dealing with day-to-day routines and demands. So why would anybody talk to you about
discovering your Passion-4-Life. Well, life will always keep you busy with endless demands and requirements. We can hopefully agree that life is finite. As such, in the limited time we have, we get to choose our experience. Will this year see you exist as a mere “worker bee” or as a person who wants and deserves more? Let me give you a few tips on how to bring about the latter:
Schedule time for yourself. As we get busy, we often become the last item on our “to do” list. As you free up even a little time for yourself, it will give you the space to think about what will add
to your life experience.

Make a list of what brings you true joy. We may “know” what those things are, but we rarely remember them in the moment. Define your passion so that you can start to make it a priority in
your life. Pick one item from that list and put it into action. You can recruit help from family, friends, co-workers and others in order to transform that item from a concept to your reality.
As you start this, you will find that it is possible despite challenges and hurdles.

It is a matter of changing habits and breathing life into it. The more you commit to it, the easier it will get in time. Imagine that you get through all the items of your list…this is life changing!
Done is the mundane day-to-day existence. You will get to welcome a new life for yourself that consists of getting the little things done AND enjoying the things that fulfill you and brighten your spirit. You deserve nothing less.

We plan vacations, we plan weddings and yet, we often stumble when it comes to creating a family plan (“FP”). This plan is not a Dr. Ruth special about conception. Instead, it looks at how to sustain a healthy and joyful family life that has everyone on board with current and future plans. The FP avoids building up of resentment toward one another, feeling alone in your relationship, experiencing less or no intimacy, constantly arguing over money, being overwhelmed with tasks – to mention just a few of the key issues that lead to separation and divorce these days.

The FP is designed to keep you on track, together, with enthusiasm and desire. Here are a few tips on how to construct a “Family Plan”: Your career It is important to talk to each other
about your short-term and long-term goals regarding your careers/jobs, to think about how you want to get there and to determine whether you can both do it at the same time, or if one of you
takes the lead while the other holds on. This way, you can move forward knowing that you are supporting each other achieve goals. Logistically, you may budget for one of you to get more education while the other is working. Money gets set aside each month for the “education fund”, the budget may need to be tighter for a pre-determined time period while you work longer hours
to make more money, for example. You may sacrifice time together for now, in order to accomplish this goal. The point is that you are both on board with current and future changes, you know that you are supporting each other and you are building a future that you have both
bought in to where everyone is ok.