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	<title><![CDATA[A Pros and Cons Compromise]]></title>
	<body><![CDATA[Now that I am on an evening shift my family is finding it very difficult with me being gone to train at the dojo on the little time that is available when my wife or I are not at work, or my kids are not at school.  My son is having problems at school that require my full attention now.  The two days I’m off work I need to make myself available to him when he gets home from school.  Now that my wife is working full time I almost never see her.  The few times I can see her I was attending classes for the most part.  So needless to say this new arrangement is grating on everyone’s nerves.  Because of this I have informed Sensei that I will no longer be able to train.

I was afraid that this might happen when I moved from night shift to evenings, but after 8 years on nights I couldn’t do it any more. The pros of moving to a new shift definitely out weighs the cons of stopping my training as I new that if I were to continue on nights the way I was it would surely have killed me. This compromise was one that I needed to make at this time. I have been and will continue to investigate what my options are with respect to continuing my training in Aikido. Until I find an equitable solution I will try to train on my own the best I can and hope that I don’t lose everything that I have learned.
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	<date>04-26-2004</date>
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