Personal Narrative: My Advise For The Johnson Family

The Happy-life Home is horrible for the family. Instead of bringing them together, it turned them against one another. The nursery was built to help the children vent their feelings, but instead it caused

Beneficial and hellish is how I describe the transition into Jr. High school, my older sister Cindy was a year in ahead; I could not endure to stay behind. Demanding advancement, initiating testing with the principal and teachers, they agreed, transitioning into the eighth grade level will be beneficial, with an uncaring aptitude for education once I reached my goal. Established within is anger and arrogance, a perfect recipe to conjure up a harden personality. An arrogant bully with a stuck-up attitude is how others viewed the complexity of my presence, thoughts and assumptions were wrong, however, I was a bully, the kind who never bothered anyone unless they bothered me, resulting in war and I acknowledged it was not satisfying to give in

My next door neighbours, The Johnsons, were all asleep in their coffins when I climbed the fence to get the ball. My family always had weird suspicions about The Johnsons… well.. all of our neighbors for that matter. We grew up living in a not-so-great section of Philadelphia, and things were always out of the ordinary. We knew all of our surrounding neighbors pretty well except for The Johnsons. They had a dog that would guard their fence 24 hours a day so we never had a chance to go over to their house to say hello. However, one day while we were walking by we noticed the dog was not waiting outside to attack.

Explain (in 1 or 2 paragraphs) why it is important to maintain a work/life balance.

The patient I completed my family health assessment on is a 34 years-old African American (black) female that is Gravida 6 Para 6. Her primary language spoken is English. She has a history of five vaginal deliveries and one cesarean section. This delivery was a vaginal birth after cesarean (VBAC) with spontaneous rupture of membranes while at home. Initial progression of labor was slow until stimulation of nipples via breast pump and low, slow dosing of Pitocin.

Everyone has been told from one time or another – don’t bring your personal life to work, and vice-versa. Easier said than done. In our current economy, families are having to work harder, and longer thus leaving less time for family and creating stress and anxiety. One thing that has statistically shown why people are stressed at work and home – the instability of work-life balance. This paper exemplifies the barriers and measures one can take to secure the balance.

The house is tiny. The mother shares her bed with four children, while the two teenagers live in the other rooms. There is no privacy, no quiet area for the older boys to study or be alone, and little space for the younger children to play.

Ms. Gail Avent is the founder and executive director of Total Family Care Coalition. Ms. Avent started this organization in 2005 and was founded out of the need of having an organization which helps families, children and youth with navigating systems.

Purpose Statement: Balancing work and family plays a vital role in one’s life. Today I am here to inform you about its effects on one’s performance.

The family being interviewed are in a two-parent household. Included, is the mother, C.A.P. age 36, the father, N.I.P. age 40, and the son, C.L.P. age 7. C.A.P. got married to N.I.P. nine years ago. Shortly after, C.A.P. became pregnant with C.L.P.. Previous to moving to Northern Minnesota, they lived in Mid-Western Minnesota. When living there, N.I.P. worked two hours away while his wife, C.A.P. worked in their hometown. Eventually, the couple decided to move north because N.I.P. got a job offer. Now his commute is less than fifteen minutes from home. C.A.P. majored in business management with a focus in travel, tourism, and hotel management. She now is a loan distributor at a bank in Northern Minnesota. N.I.P. majored in machine technology

In today’s world many people are trying to balance their work and their personal life which can be a huge challenge. There have been studies showing that having a poor work life balance can cause an unhealthy level of stress; unhappiness and it can actually reduce productivity. Also many people suffering from poor work life balance can find it impacts their relationships and ability to actually enjoy and value their lives.

Negative work-family spillover is a communal issue that has become increasingly more prevalent in society. For this reason it is vital to consider and implement multiple solutions, the first being home-based family therapy. By aiming to connect and bond the family despite the stress experienced, this solution works to indirectly solve the issues of negative work-family spillover. Home-based family therapy has been found more effective than “peer groups, parent education, multi-family interventions, and individual counseling” (S. Thompson 121). This form of therapy allows the family to be in a familiar environment, in the place where the issue is taking place rather than in a strange office building. As well, home-based therapy has been proven

Greenhause and Beutell talked about work and family conflict. In the article, Greenhause & Beutell explain, that there are three major forms of work-family conflict and they are: time-based conflict, strain-based conflict, and behavior-based conflict. The study showed that work-family conflict came when you put your time and effort in one role instead of another. Families with young children have more pressures which puts a strain on the marriage. Husband-wife disagreements about family roles and husband-wife dissimilarity in attitude toward a wife’s employment status also can contribute to family tension. Common advice people give is to "leave your work at work," because it can cause problems in the house.

I control the areas of life that I can and do not dwell on the things that I cannot control. These two categories work together to keep me goal oriented. Life Balance helps me stay realistic when I set goals and evaluate my progress and the way I spend my time. Being Proactive keeps me accountable for the goals that I set. For example, now that I have begun graduate school, these two areas are a big part of my life. As a working professional, I must balance my work responsibilities, school responsibilities, and personal life. I often plan my time in specific blocks to dedicate appropriate amounts of time and energy to all areas of my life. As a teacher, the to-do list is never finished. It is easy for teachers to spend most of their time both at work and at home completing their work tasks. I have made it a point to complete as much grading and planning as I can during my work hours and save the rest for the next day. During my hours at home, I have planned specific times to work on graduate courses that will not interfere with my home life. I study and complete school work on evenings that my husband is working so that we can spend time together when neither of us are

By applying Chaffee’s five steps of problem solving to my own problem, I see that there are many helpful tools and options that can help me achieve my goal of a better work/life balance. I need to take the time to look over each obstacle that stands in my way, and find a solution that gives the proper attention to each priority in my family. I am hopeful that I will be able to put together an effective plan of action and create a more ideal work/life