I was just reading Roman's Opinion and came across this statement....
"Family, marriage and competitive forces constantly face caterers and create added stress. Caterers are often faced with choices between work and personal aspects of their life. Imagine being faced with the realization that you have a huge event on the same day as your child’s first play at school and you have to choose between the two. You’re going to have stress simply from the guilt you will feel about letting down either your customer or your family, depending on the choice you make. In my own career as a caterer, I missed many family occasions because I always chose the company first over my personal obligations. I was often stressed in anticipation of the guilt I was going to live with because I was a cateraholic."
This really hit home for me, especially as I sit here debating whether or not I should go to a football with my husband that he has been planning for 2 years. He will go no matter what, and it is just a football game, but don't memories made with each other mean more then just another day at work. At the same time it is going to be the most important day in a couple's life, and even though I have a team that I can trust in, shouldn't I be here in order to just make sure that everything is just right?
I go through this debate on more then one occasion each and every year.... a birthday party, a holiday party, a wedding, etc. How do you decide what is more important and what deserves your attention.
Some days it feels like I should step back, out of the catering world, and into something more 9 to 5, but then I see the smile on a bride's face when she just walked into the ballroom and it was everything she asked of me, and I remember what drew me into this in the first place... I guess I will just keep trying to juggle both sides of my life, and hopefully the right one comes out on top each time.
"Family, marriage and competitive forces constantly face caterers and create added stress. Caterers are often faced with choices between work and personal aspects of their life. Imagine being faced with the realization that you have a huge event on the same day as your child’s first play at school and you have to choose between the two. You’re going to have stress simply from the guilt you will feel about letting down either your customer or your family, depending on the choice you make. In my own career as a caterer, I missed many family occasions because I always chose the company first over my personal obligations. I was often stressed in anticipation of the guilt I was going to live with because I was a cateraholic."
This really hit home for me, especially as I sit here debating whether or not I should go to a football with my husband that he has been planning for 2 years. He will go no matter what, and it is just a football game, but don't memories made with each other mean more then just another day at work. At the same time it is going to be the most important day in a couple's life, and even though I have a team that I can trust in, shouldn't I be here in order to just make sure that everything is just right?
I go through this debate on more then one occasion each and every year.... a birthday party, a holiday party, a wedding, etc. How do you decide what is more important and what deserves your attention.
Some days it feels like I should step back, out of the catering world, and into something more 9 to 5, but then I see the smile on a bride's face when she just walked into the ballroom and it was everything she asked of me, and I remember what drew me into this in the first place... I guess I will just keep trying to juggle both sides of my life, and hopefully the right one comes out on top each time.
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