#15. I need to spend quality time with my family more. I am often home... but I really do not spend time with them all of the time.
Through conversations with my wife lately and through self-observation I have just begun to realize I really need to be present with my family. A lot of my time is spent doing stuff. I am always trying to do stuff, even when people are trying to talk to me (both my wife and my kids). I often would rather pay attention to my computer, a video game, the TV or even something I am reading (or doing... like the dishes); than actually stop what I am doing and focus my mind on the people around me. This is a problem and will hurt my relationships with my kids and my wife... I need to be paying attention to them... that is really important (I know especially to Catie.. and obviously to my kids as well). Being present in my current situation with the people that are in my life is what really matters. It is really easy to say you are present in your every day life BUT the question is are you present to the people around you....? That is the difference-maker.
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