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[quote=Anonymous]healthy work/life balance does not mean the same thing for everyone.

My DH loves his "balance" which for him just means flexibility to work from almost anywhere, since he is working all the time.  he works from home most days, can almost always have dinner with the fam or attend kids events when he's in town.  But it would make me flipping crazy because he works probably 90-100 hours/week and is traveling a couple days every week.

my "balance" is not ideal because of his travel.  but we make it work by cutting out some of the unnecessary - outsourcing as much as possible, avoiding most extracurricular activities for the kids (they get 1 extra activity/semester), and just tolerating a certain amount of messy house and takeout.

think creatively about what you can cut, what DH should take over if you're burnt out, whether you just need a vacation, etc.  that bit about DH "helping" in the morning made me raise my eyebrows a little about what all you are in charge of.  it may be that your DH needs to rethink too.

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