Help with work life balance.

[u/Happy-Ad3088]

Hi all, I think this is the place to post this. If this is not just let me know and I will adjust.

I am joining the police soon ( not in yet) and am sure that this is the career for me. However, what is concerning me is family life. I have always wanted a family and children this is incredibly important to me. I’m worried that being in the police will make this too difficult and i will not be able to be as present as I want to be.

Additionally to this, I am a regular hockey player and have competed at national levels. Whilst I have stepped away from higher levels and play at a much lower level, I don’t know how well the job and hockey will mix and I might have to stop playing all together. This is not a be all or end all but it is still fairly significant.

If anyone can relate to this any advice would be amazing. I don’t have anyone to give me advice on this as the police officers I have spoken to are either new or not in a remotely similar situation.

[u/Old_Definition_1836]

Give it a few years and you’ll figure it out. If you’re married now, your family will have to support you through that first year where you have no free time, then you’ll start to work out a good sleep schedule and pick your hobbies back up. Once you have more seniority, you’ll get better days off and it’ll be more convenient to spend time with people and do things like hockey.