Life can get really busy during seasonal changes. Weather you live in the Calgary North West communities of Rocky Ridge, Royal Oak, Simons Valley, Hamptons, Edgemont, Ranchlands, Silver Springs, Bowness, Scenic Acres, and Tuscany or the town of Cochrane, and the city of Airdrie, seasonal changes can make it difficult to spend time with family.
The question I’d like to ask in this moment is what kind of time is being spent with family. Is it Quantity Time or Quality Time?
Quantity time is spending lots and lots of time with those you love. Quality time is spending time with those you love in an intentional way.
It’s not that either quantity or quality time is wrong, however, if life is getting super busy and you’re finding it hard to even spend time with family, my personal suggestion is to consider focusing on Quality time. Quality time allows a family to focus intentionally on what important in the moment such as focusing time on talking, playing a quick game or even just checking in with everyone.
The challenge with Quantity time is that it literally takes time that one might not have to give in their personal busy schedule. The other challenge with quantity time is that even if you do have the time to spend hours with family, it might not necessarily be mixed with quality time. For example, you can binge on Netflix and still feel disconnected from your partner, child(dren), friends, etc…
When we focus on Quality time we get to treasure and squeeze out the best time available in a way that has the opportunity to be meaningful…even if its only 5 to 10 minutes of pure focused attention on your lived ones.
If you are finding it’s difficult to balance even quality time with your family, it might be time to begin carving out quality time for yourself and consider Calgary couples therapy and allow a qualified clinical therapist to support you in re-centering yourself in getting to a place where you can learn to focus on combining quality and quantity in your relationships and at the same time maybe learn a few extra skills, like communicating more effectively, and begin to walk in New Life.
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Jeremiah La Follette (RPC, MPCC) is a Registered Professional Counsellor and Master Practitioner in Clinical Counselling who has a passion for providing positive results by restoring individual wholeness and healthy relationships.
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