Recently I had to be in Seattle for work for about a week. I don’t do a lot of traveling for work, but usually about twice a year, I’m gone for multiple nights. While this was harder when the boys were little, it is still a challenge as our family schedule is set up for two parents, and my wife has to be to work before the boys leave for school. Luckily my parents frequently are able to help out, for which we are really blessed and grateful. Despite this, I’ve often felt a sense of guilt when I left and therefore would try to make my trips as short as possible. However, such a schedule meant that I would work long hours before I left in preparation for being gone, have an aggressive work/meeting schedule while I was out of town, and then have longs hours of work when I returned to catch up. All the while frequently having been in a place where I had never been before and having returned without seeing much of the city, let alone the natural assets that this new (to me) city had to offer. This year I decided to change that, and chose to make some the time for me after my work was complete.
Choosing to Make Time
