013 COMEDY CAREER-HOME LIFE BALANCE, FORGET ABOUT IT!

  <p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-pagination:none;mso-layout-grid-align:none; text-autospace:none"><span style="font-size:21.0pt;font-family:Calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font:major-latin;mso-hansi-theme-font:major-latin">Balancing a family and a developing comedy career can be tricky. In this episode, we talk specifically about: <p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-pagination:none;mso-layout-grid-align:none; text-autospace:none"><span style="font-size:21.0pt;font-family:Calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font:major-latin;mso-hansi-theme-font:major-latin">  <p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpFirst" style="text-indent:-.25in;mso-pagination: none;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1;mso-layout-grid-align:none;text-autospace:none"><span style="font-size:21.0pt;font-family:Symbol;mso-fareast-font-family:Symbol; mso-bidi-font-family:Symbol">·    <span style="font-size:21.0pt;font-family:Calibri;mso-ascii-theme-font:major-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font:major-latin">Aligning your priorities <p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="text-indent:-.25in;mso-pagination: none;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1;mso-layout-grid-align:none;text-autospace:none"><span style="font-size:21.0pt;font-family:Symbol;mso-fareast-font-family:Symbol; mso-bidi-font-family:Symbol">·    <span style="font-size:21.0pt;font-family:Calibri;mso-ascii-theme-font:major-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font:major-latin">Batching your work <p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="text-indent:-.25in;mso-pagination: none;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1;mso-layout-grid-align:none;text-autospace:none"><span style="font-size:21.0pt;font-family:Symbol;mso-fareast-font-family:Symbol; mso-bidi-font-family:Symbol">·    <span style="font-size:21.0pt;font-family:Calibri;mso-ascii-theme-font:major-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font:major-latin">Making sacrifices <p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="text-indent:-.25in;mso-pagination: none;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1;mso-layout-grid-align:none;text-autospace:none"><span style="font-size:21.0pt;font-family:Symbol;mso-fareast-font-family:Symbol; mso-bidi-font-family:Symbol">·    <span style="font-size:21.0pt;font-family:Calibri;mso-ascii-theme-font:major-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font:major-latin">Getting the kids and spouse on board <p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpLast" style="text-indent:-.25in;mso-pagination: none;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1;mso-layout-grid-align:none;text-autospace:none"><span style="font-size:21.0pt;font-family:Symbol;mso-fareast-font-family:Symbol; mso-bidi-font-family:Symbol">·    <span style="font-size:21.0pt;font-family:Calibri;mso-ascii-theme-font:major-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font:major-latin">And being consistent in your approach <p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-pagination:none;mso-layout-grid-align:none; text-autospace:none"><span style="font-size:21.0pt;font-family:Calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font:major-latin;mso-hansi-theme-font:major-latin">  <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:10.0pt;mso-pagination:none;mso-layout-grid-align: none;text-autospace:none"><span style="font-size:21.0pt;font-family:Calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font:major-latin;mso-hansi-theme-font:major-latin;mso-bidi-font-family: Arial">If you would like a free "Work-Life Balance” worksheet, simply e-mail us at [email protected] and put “Work-Life Balance” in the subject header. 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