In The Loop With Andy Andrews

On this week’s episode, I answer a listener question on balancing between our work lives and family lives.   Sometimes to get a balance in your life, you have to fall out of balance a little bit. You’re going to have to go over to the other side to get it balanced. Don’t be afraid to move swiftly and make things happen quickly. I see just as many families knocked out of balance by little league, basketball, and soccer as I do from Dad working. Answer the question, “What do we want to happen?” Define what you’re after. What do we want it to look like?   When Austin was playing baseball, it was hard for all four of us to get together. A lot of people would say, “Well, are we not going to let them play this? All their friends are playing. Everybody is playing.” Let me remind you what your momma used to say. “You aren’t everybody.” The end result of what everybody is doing can be a pretty average result. If you think that allowing one child to play one sport is worth scattering your family to the edges of the