Last updated on November 17th, 2020 at 02:24 am
I try to get everything I want from life without sacrificing time with my family.
Though I wouldn’tĀ fully appreciate what it meant ’til later in life, my Dad putĀ hours in at his restaurant for over 20 years to provide for us. Back then it meant making a choiceāworking 12- to 16-hour days six days a week to support the lives he wanted for us, or spend time at home and deny us the opportunities and access he knew we’d need to excel.
In short, he did it so my brothers and I needn’t do the same.
Years later, I work hard to keep the balance and make sure the family’s a foremost concern in my lifeābut I could do better. The blog, the job and other distractions mean I’m not always as present as I’d like to be, and I alwaysĀ intend to make myself as available to Sarah and the boys as I can.
But you know what they sayā”if wishes were fishes, we’d all cast nets.” I’ll need more than intent to make it work!
Project Smart Furniture
So how did they do it?
With a smart couchāyes, aĀ smart couchāserving as a centralised family-time hotspot tracking the Ahluwalia family with personal tracking devices.
It made senseāthe living room serves as a central location for gathering and spending family time together, so it was theĀ perfect place to get some stats on whether the Ahluwalias could buck the trend and make more of the precious minutes they had each day.
What I LearnedāWhat We Can ALL Learn from Leon’s Project Smart Furniture
I aim to be home by 5:45 each night for dinner. It’s notĀ always possible (I’m in a financial shopāgetting home at year-end while the boys are awake atĀ all is an accomplishment), but that goal keeps me focused on making theĀ effort to be continually present for my family.
I hope this inspires you to make the most of the time withĀ your family! Let’s all do our best to spend our days in a family way!
Until the next,
–case p.
*Here, “together” means any time two or more family members are in the same place
Disclaimer: Leon’s provided compensation for this post, but I thoroughly agree with everything that Project Smart Furniture stands for!