Comments on: How to get WoLFi? – it’s not a straight line http://www.worklifeinterconnectivity.com/?p=311 work + life + family = interconnectivity Tue, 10 Aug 2010 03:24:20 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.1 hourly 1 By: make tea not war http://www.worklifeinterconnectivity.com/?p=311&cpage=1#comment-97 make tea not war Fri, 03 Oct 2008 19:17:59 +0000 http://www.worklifeinterconnectivity.com/?p=311#comment-97 I somewhat agree with you. I think the binary dualism between work and family or work and life is artificial at both an individual and a societal level and has contributed to the problems we have reconciling them. Maybe if rather than prioritising one over the other we worked at demonstrating how interconnected and dependent on each other they are we'd have more of basis for proceeding rather than just reinforcing the same old dualisms I somewhat agree with you. I think the binary dualism between work and family or work and life is artificial at both an individual and a societal level and has contributed to the problems we have reconciling them. Maybe if rather than prioritising one over the other we worked at demonstrating how interconnected and dependent on each other they are we’d have more of basis for proceeding rather than just reinforcing the same old dualisms

]]> By: aztec-rose http://www.worklifeinterconnectivity.com/?p=311&cpage=1#comment-95 aztec-rose Thu, 02 Oct 2008 22:05:52 +0000 http://www.worklifeinterconnectivity.com/?p=311#comment-95 When you put it that way, I can see there is a point to a list as a practical guide in the right direction...otherwise randomness could lead to being persuaded by the party who makes the most noise. When you put it that way, I can see there is a point to a list as a practical guide in the right direction…otherwise randomness could lead to being persuaded by the party who makes the most noise.

]]> By: 5th Down Under Feminists Carnival « HellOnHairyLegs http://www.worklifeinterconnectivity.com/?p=311&cpage=1#comment-94 5th Down Under Feminists Carnival « HellOnHairyLegs Wed, 01 Oct 2008 01:58:35 +0000 http://www.worklifeinterconnectivity.com/?p=311#comment-94 [...] at The Hand Mirror wishes a Happy Father’s Day to those that deserve it. The issues and ideas surrounding work/ life balance are discussed at WoLFi TaLEs. Undomestic Goddes at Real Mummy is unhappy with pinkness as a [...] [...] at The Hand Mirror wishes a Happy Father’s Day to those that deserve it. The issues and ideas surrounding work/ life balance are discussed at WoLFi TaLEs. Undomestic Goddes at Real Mummy is unhappy with pinkness as a [...]

]]> By: Ariane http://www.worklifeinterconnectivity.com/?p=311&cpage=1#comment-93 Ariane Tue, 30 Sep 2008 14:28:05 +0000 http://www.worklifeinterconnectivity.com/?p=311#comment-93 I completely agree with Burrows. The priorities he lists are essentially the things you have power over. Yourself first, your relationship with your partner next (ideally), then you kids, then other people, then your job. From a completely pragmatic point of view, you will do best concentrating on things in that order. From a political point of view, I take your point. Women have been trained not ever to think in that linear way. Of course, implementing his priorities need not be linear. When deciding when to put my needs first, I try to keep in mind the impact (positive and negative) of those decisions on my family and others. Having those priorities doesn't mean that what you want always comes first, it just means your own sanity is paramount, because it is the one thing you might actually have some hope of controlling. For mine, the horrors of recognising those priorities is what needs to be addressed, and the mistaken assumption of simplicity, not finding some more complex language. But then I am an idealist, and I accept that such a plan may not meet with widespread acceptance... :) I completely agree with Burrows. The priorities he lists are essentially the things you have power over. Yourself first, your relationship with your partner next (ideally), then you kids, then other people, then your job. From a completely pragmatic point of view, you will do best concentrating on things in that order.

From a political point of view, I take your point. Women have been trained not ever to think in that linear way. Of course, implementing his priorities need not be linear. When deciding when to put my needs first, I try to keep in mind the impact (positive and negative) of those decisions on my family and others. Having those priorities doesn’t mean that what you want always comes first, it just means your own sanity is paramount, because it is the one thing you might actually have some hope of controlling.

For mine, the horrors of recognising those priorities is what needs to be addressed, and the mistaken assumption of simplicity, not finding some more complex language. But then I am an idealist, and I accept that such a plan may not meet with widespread acceptance… :)

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