Your goal is to focus on work when you are at work and to
focus on family when you are at home.
I know that one example is not statistically valid, but in my case I decided that I wanted the flexibility to
focus on my family when I wanted to and on my job when I wanted to.
Not exact matches
He eats healthier, exercises more regularly, gets better sleep; he leaves work at the office and
focuses wholly
on his
family when he's home, and he's curbed his habit of being short with his employees.
Serena Williams may be taking a break from the court to
focus on family, but by no means is she slowing down
when it comes to expanding her brand beyond the realm of tennis.
The Gamble
When Coleman Natural Meats Inc. decided to expand from a
family business into a national brand, it spared no expense
on advertising, publicized itself tirelessly, and launched an intense sale campaign
focused on one target market.
When Steve Jobs passed away, friends and
family attending his funeral received a small gift from the late tech genius: Autobiography of a Yogi, a book
focused on the «ancient science of Yoga and its time - honored tradition of meditation.»
Notice the rural, working - class
focus, as well as
on the difficulties in being a man in full
when all the key relational institutions — beginning with the
family — are broken.
When our
focus is only
on «quality of relationship» versus «structure,» the
family tends to become for us chiefly a locus of self - fulfillment for singular individuals.
One paper, published by myself [3]
focused on the Gillick ruling in the UK and found very clearly that
when, in 1985, Victoria Gillick managed to get a temporary ban imposed
on confidential
family planning for minors, pregnancy rates did not increase.
The thing to
focus on is what happens to the under 16 conception rate
when there is some sort of policy change that affects the supply of
family planning.
But
when the churches like
Focus on the
Family, etc. want to push their religion onto others through politics, they should be taxed accordingly.
My wife was LDS
when I met her, and I am thankful now believes in Jesus Christ for eternal life, however most of her
family and some friends are still LDS and we have various discussions which I try to keep
focused on what we must do to have eternal life.
Long before
Focus on the
Family, the 700 Club or even the Bible, there was a basic spiritual hunger: A hunger to know where we came from, a hunger to know what happens
when we leave, a hunger to know if there is a God.
Focus groups to date have indicated that individuals identify with
family members
when they see disasters
on media.
The 2009 biographical film about a black high school student adopted by a white Christian
family is rated PG - 13 and became something of an evangelical darling when it released, receiving endorsements from Christianity Today and Focus on the F
family is rated PG - 13 and became something of an evangelical darling
when it released, receiving endorsements from Christianity Today and
Focus on the
FamilyFamily.
At a time
when leading historians of the
family were concentrating
on the English and French aristocracy, Lasch
focused on marriage and
family life among ordinary Americans.
When the Saywa
family started Mano's Authentic, it left the restaurant business «to
focus on this 100 percent,» Alvin Saywa recalls.
When not crunching stats around choosing 500 + All - City Team athletes, Jim
focuses on having fun with his
family.
I'll be honest, it's been very hard to
focus on blogging, etc.
when family tragedy, my day job, my kid's activities, and home decorating are all
on my mind from day - to - day.
Husbands whose wives make more money are 61 % less likely to say they're happy Wives who are primary breadwinners are also significantly less happy about their
family lives than other women Men are 5 times more likely to cheat
when they're financially dependent
on their wives Divorce is 40 % more likely
when a women makes over 60 % of the
family's income Much of the discussion around this topic so far has
focused on the broader business and economic consequences of this shift.
But you don't always need that;
when I delved into my
family of origin issues in the weeklong intensive that the Hoffman Process offered (which luminaries such as Bonnie Raitt, Kenny Loggins, Roseanne Cash and others have felt helpful), I was able to
focus on the broader issues that were keeping me from having the relationship I wanted.
For years,
when I thought about growing our
family, I was
focused on pregnancy and babies.
At a time
when a sharp
focus is
on infant and maternal mortality, making it more difficult for vulnerable
families to maintain a breastfeeding relationship will hurt mothers and their babies.
Rather than, punitively, playing «take - away» with the child
when they're not conforming to
family rules, it's much better to
focus on educating them beforehand about the negative outcome of their questionable behaviors.
This works quite well for some students (our Campus and Community page discusses options for what your
family can do in our neighborhood while you're in class); other students, however, find they can
focus more
on their studies
when they are here alone and that their children are happier staying with a caregiver in the familiar environment of their own home.
«
When attention got
focused on this issue a few years ago, a lot of companies became more cautious about what they claimed,» said Vicky Rideout, vice president of the Kaiser
Family Foundation.
When you
focus your time and attention
on caring for your twins, wife, and
family, your personal problems are put in perspective.
Meaning
when you are working your attention is
on that, but
when you are home your full
focus is the
family.
Bottom line:
When it's
family time,
focus on your child.
When First Lady Michelle Obama made her reality television debut
on Extreme Makeover Home Edition this fall, she
focused on the needs of military
families not only in North Carolina, but throughout the nation.
I admire anyone who chooses the former, just as much as I admire anyone with the courage to stay true to what you want to do for your child and
family — it's hard to stay
focused on that
when there is so much other noise happening between midwives, GPs, and Health Visitors.
Deb & Corey Omey were open with their
families about the agency, their profile, and the adoption process, but were clear that only a few people would be notified
when they entered adoption planning, so that they could put all of their
focus on building the relationship with birthparents at that time, without the obligation to keep everyone updated.
While the idea of a commission
focused on economic security is not a bad one,
families experiencing poverty shouldn't have to keep waiting
when there are existing solutions that we could implement now.
It requires that,
when we are distracted for a time by the things we should rightly be
focused on — our
families and ourselves, we come back to it at the right time to support it through the next step in the process.
When questioned by Langsford about why she believes the
family's
focus shouldn't exclusively be
on the baby, Waddilove replied: «The baby needs to be nurtured, but there is a time and a place and it's important parents have time together.
A recent Pew Research survey
focusing on «parents,» rather than just
on mothers, asked Americans which statement came closer to their view: First, children are better off
when a parent stays home to
focus on the
family; or second, children are just as well off
when their parents work outside the home.
Some societies have deeply embedded cultural beliefs about the gendered division of
family responsibilities, with men
focusing on financial matters and women
focusing on household matters, even
when those women work in the formal sector or outside of the home, as documented by Nkwake [26] in Uganda.
Among white evangelical Protestants, 69 % say it's better for children if a parent is at home to
focus on the
family, and 26 % say children are just as well off
when their parents work outside the home.
2Americans say a parent at home is best: Despite the fact that most mothers in the U.S. work at least part time, 60 % of Americans say children are better off
when a parent stays home to
focus on the
family, while 35 % say they are just as well off
when both parents work outside the home.
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Sue Brunsden of Chesterfield Township, Michigan, started
focusing on her health
when she lost her father to colon cancer, which runs in her
family.
When you retain our services, whether for birth coaching, daytime postpartum care or overnight care, you can rest in the knowledge that our team of highly skilled professionals is ready to prioritize your
family and
focus on your needs.
Since your
focus will be
on your
family and your
family alone, it won't matter
when you hear that Suzy down the street is learning Mandarin and how to cook a six - course gourmet meal while also taking violin lessons and playing
on an All - Star soccer league.
Some
families keep their activities very light for a day or two
when returning home to really
focus on getting napping and bedtime back in place.
«How can the residents of our communities trust an individual who claims he is working for them
when he is, in fact, taking money from Republicans whose main
focus is protecting the wealthy
on the backs of New York's struggling working
families?
The audience at the W20 Summit — a G - 20 adjunct
focused on women's issues — booed and groaned
when Ivanka Trump praised her father as a «tremendous champion of supporting
families.»
The «You Don't Have to be Alone» campaign
focuses on the misconception that people who are struggling with addiction and their
families are battling it alone,
when in reality, support from peers,
family members, care professionals, and others, is all around them.
«You know,
when I was public advocate, we made a real
focus on uncovering the unfair fine structures that small businesses were experiencing,» Mr. de Blasio said last Thursday after signing the Paid
Family Leave law.
WAWARSING, N.Y. (AP)-- Casino dreams in this corner of the Catskills
focus on an empty hotel that had its heyday
when families came here in station wagons for shuffleboard, swimming, swanky lounge singers and all - you - can - eat meals.
Instead, Kink said, the
focus will be
on «people power,» organizing a network he estimates will eventually be several million people strong
when you count all the unions involved — from 32BJ, CWA, 1199 and the AFL - CIO — to advocacy groups like Citizen Action, Communities for Change and the Center for Working
Families.