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A FA’s schedule can be flexible, that’s one of the benefits. I always make sure I get home in time to have dinner with the kids. And if I have work to finish up, I will do it after they go to bed. In addition, my wife and I also make the decision to have her stay home while the kids are still young. Having a spouse stay home is helpful, also certainly hurts our household income, but I think the trade-off is worth it.
I was working 60-80 hours per week and my wife wanted to kill me. She put up with my relatively lower income the first 3-4 years after changing careers. Two years in we had a newborn too. Wife was working full time too and is the breadwinner. I forced myself to get incredibly organized and get better at time management. Now family comes first, I work a max 45 hours per week, rarely work a weekend and I’m bringing in more assets and revenue than I had when I was working twice as many hours. I was amazed that, focused on the right work/activities, I got more done when I put a time limit on things. And a photo of my daughter next to my phone helps when I want to make one more call when I should have left for home already. There is such thing as diminishing returns. I’m glad I realized it before all areas of my life fell apart. The badge of honor to work 70-80 weeks and never taking a vacation is a fast track to divorce, health problems (mental and physical), high likelihood of becoming a jerk (or just unlikable) and destroys relationships—professional and personal.
Kids and family activities come first.
That’s one of the benefits of this job is that we can make our schedule. I work almost every Saturday morning but if I need to pick my daughter up from school at 3 ... I’m there. Make good use of your time and communicate with your spouse and be available.
Love all the comments. Makes me feel good that there are still some family guys/gals out there. One of the reasons I got into the business is for the flexibility. Family first! No success outside the home makes up for failure inside the home.
I don’t!!! I’m overwhelmed and struggling
You need to think about the way you think about time. There is always time for what is important to us. Might not feel that way, but next week or this week, track exactly where your time is going. And schedule time with family and kids ahead of time. I guarantee you that you will still get done what you need to get done. We lose so many hours every week because we aren’t paying attention to our relationship with time.
Not trying to scold you here, this is a new concept to me too and I am on the beginning side of taking control of my perception of time. But we don’t have time to wing it anymore !
You will always regret putting work ahead of family. If can’t keep up, hire and delegate - invest in your business and life balance.
Ditto... my clients think more of us for putting our kids first. Still have to put the work in... but do it while the kids are sleeping ect