Welcome to this week's issue of The Birthday Workbook!
This week, we read a piece by Steven Chia, a presenter, senior editor at CNA, and proud father of two. His piece, about figuring out what's important in life and focusing on it sooner rather than later, is a useful perspective as we emerge from our national circuit breaker into Phase 1.
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Here's a short clip from the movie Forrest Gump, which popularised the saying, "Life is like a box of chocolates. You never know what you're gonna get."
Consider the difference in how Steven and the movie use the analogy of life as a box of chocolates - which parts of these analogies do you relate to?
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Now consider the following questions:
- The title of the piece is "I won't choose working late over spending time with my kids, because why would I?" Why do you think the writer ends with a rhetorical question?
- Can you think of some reasons why it might be difficult for some parents to balance work and spending time with their children? Make a list of occupations in which time or distance could play a major role.
- The author writes that parents "spend time on all these peripheral issues instead of focusing on the child himself". Why does he think parents do this?
- What does the author mean when he writes that "we've forgotten that people were made for living"?
- The author writes that "a child cannot differentiate between quality time and non-quantity time". Why do you think he believes this? Why does he emphasise it in his piece?
- What does the author mean when he writes that "we create pockets of time"? What is the effect of specifically using the word "pockets"?
- Do you believe that family must always come first? Why or why not? What else do you value in life?
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The Birthday Collective is proud to introduce the Seeing Clearly, Speaking Out contributor conversation series.
You can find us at https://www.facebook.com/thebirthdaycollective/
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