Work and family: if we think about the relation between these two words, we can realize that they are completely related. Work and family are part of our whole life. That is why, it is very important to understand the roll that both play in our life, and how important are for us.

Actually, both (work and family) make us happy and fulfilled. The first one, family, makes us feel lots of emotions. Members of our family are with us in good and bad moments, they support our opinions and decisions, want the best for us, and they also give us lots of pieces of advice to do right things. The second one, work, is a very important thing in people´s life, because it lets us grow professionally and make money, which is also important.

We cannot neither dedicate more time to one of them, nor mix them. So, when we are working, we should not be thinking about our family. For example, if we have a problem with any family member we cannot solve it at work, it is not correct. On the other hand, we cannot be worried about work when we are with our family. We must dedicate the correct time to each of them.

Sometimes, it is very difficult not to mix them, but we have to know that we can have a lot of problems if we do it. It is exactly what happened in the story “Jack Randa Hotel”. We can realize that they, Gail and Will, did not give the real importance to these two things. Gail, for example, had not appreciated how valuable her family was. She had left home when she was just eighteen years old to discover the world and start working, and she had no more contact with them. It is true that we can do many things when we are young, but we cannot be dedicated to just one thing. It is more valuable when we are able to live giving the correct importance to everything. Gail also gave more importance to her husband, Will, and did not seem to care about her work, because she sold her shop and went in search of Will. So, we can see that she didn’t know to make a balance.

When we are not able to live in harmony with both, we can have many other problems, not just stop talking to our family. For example, some people can get divorce. Something similar occurred with Gail and Will, who stopped living together because he had fallen in love with a younger woman. Here is another relevant thing to say: communication is very important. That is, if we have any kind of problem, we must talk with people who are related in order to get a solution. It is a very bad idea to say nothing we do not agree whit somebody, or when we do not feel comfortable with something.

I have not heard somebody saying that he or she has never had a problem at work or with their family. It is something very common. Everybody has problems but not everybody can and want to get a solution. Some people say that it is very difficult to find solution for some problems, but I would say that sometimes we are who do not want to find it. Finally, I could say that the key to our success is to find a balance between work and family. if we are able to do it, we will feel fulfilled.