{"id":6639,"date":"2020-04-28T12:36:41","date_gmt":"2020-04-28T12:36:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.monsterindia.com\/career-advice\/dont-have-a-stay-at-home-husband-like-ki-ka-to-achieve-work-life-balance-heres-what-you-can-do-6639\/"},"modified":"2023-04-02T19:40:45","modified_gmt":"2023-04-02T14:10:45","slug":"dont-have-a-stay-at-home-husband-like-ki-ka-to-achieve-work-life-balance-heres-what-you-can-do","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.foundit.sg\/career-advice\/dont-have-a-stay-at-home-husband-like-ki-ka-to-achieve-work-life-balance-heres-what-you-can-do\/","title":{"rendered":"Don’t have a stay-at-home husband like Ki & Ka to achieve work-life balance? Here’s what you can do"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

As a woman, you may be as ambitious as Kia. But there\u2019s a lesser chance that you have a husband like Kabir waiting for you back home. Usually, it\u2019s only in the movies that we get to see a man playing the wife complete with the manglasutra<\/em> (necklace only Indian married women wear).<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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As a career-driven woman, don\u2019t wait for this extreme change. Bring in the change. Find a mid-point by learning how to balance work and your life at home. Dividing responsibilities with your spouse is the first step in the right direction. Learn how to balance work and your life at home. <\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Sometimes it\u2019s not easy. \u201cEvery day you have to make a decision whether you gonna be a wife, mother in fact many times a day you\u2019ve to make those decisions and you\u2019ve to co-opt\u2026,\u201dsaid Indira Nooyi, CEO of PepsiCo in her famous \u2018women can\u2019t have it all\u2019 interview (video below). <\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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She further says, you\u2019ve to develop a coping mechanism. <\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Research has shown that division of household responsibilities between working couples is key to a successful marriage. In fact, it\u2019s about finding that right balance.<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Here are a few tips:<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n

1. Divide the work<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n


It may sound trivial but it works. Sharing house work is more about achieving a sense of co-ordination and team effort. Making a to-do list that decides who does what may seem mundane, but it’s a more productive way to accomplish your common goals.<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n

2. Communicate<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n


We\u2019re always told clear communication is important if you want to succeed at work. The same is true for your life at home. You have to be able to understand what your partner is saying. Ask questions if required. Make requests with ease. Enjoy what you do. Give it a try. It\u2019ll work for you.<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n

3. Empower<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n


If you don\u2019t put away your sense of authority on how things have to be done, you\u2019ll wind up doing everything yourself. Allow your spouse to take decisions about how to execute tasks. Be open to suggestions and new ideas about how to accomplish them.<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n

4. Take stock<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n


Take stock of how you are progressing. Are you on track or ahead\/ behind schedule? If you aren\u2019t, you need to examine why. Do you need more resources because you are struggling to accomplish too many tasks? Reviewing your roles is important to gauge whether the system you devised is working or not. It\u2019s also a good time to swap tasks, to see if that works better for both of you.<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n

With little ingenuity and patience you can bring in that work-life balance. All you have to do is bring in a slice of your work personality home and develop that coping mechanism!<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

As a woman, you may be as ambitious as Kia. But there\u2019s a lesser chance that you have a husband like Kabir waiting for you back home. Usually, it\u2019s only in the movies that we get to see a man playing the wife complete with the manglasutra (necklace only Indian married women wear). As a […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":6640,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[29],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-6639","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-career-women"},"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.foundit.sg\/career-advice\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6639","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.foundit.sg\/career-advice\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.foundit.sg\/career-advice\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.foundit.sg\/career-advice\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.foundit.sg\/career-advice\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=6639"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.foundit.sg\/career-advice\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6639\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":16454,"href":"https:\/\/www.foundit.sg\/career-advice\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6639\/revisions\/16454"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.foundit.sg\/career-advice\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/6640"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.foundit.sg\/career-advice\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=6639"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.foundit.sg\/career-advice\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=6639"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.foundit.sg\/career-advice\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=6639"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}