Spending time for family and work

I used to spend at least 12 hours daily and most of the weekends for official work when I was a bachelor. But after the marriage the situation is different and I cannot do the same as I have someone there at home waiting for me now. The expectation from my spouse is very much reasonable and understandable.

When you are single, you don't have anybody depends on you (ofcourse you have your Mom/Dad, but the impact will not be much). But once married you have the whole world depend on you - yes I meant your spouse.

Though spending time for your career is important, the equally important is spending quality time for the family. If family is not supportive, you cannot concentrate on official work. You can make your wife happy if you devote all your time with your her, but you should spend time for your job to run the family, which also requires a substantial amount of your time.

Though I try not to open my Laptop once I reach home, there are sometimes I have to do it due to work pressure from office. Being a TL, I need to be in contact all the time and respond to emails based on the urgency. It sometimes create slight noises at home, however, I manage to solve :). My perception is that if you work for 8 hours in office sincerely, you don't really have to work from home also.

Learning from my 9 months marriage life is, spend all your office time for office and others for family. There can be exceptions here and there. But it is your responsibility to handle it cleverly.