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Work/Life Balance
In the early months of the year, “Work/Life Balance” becomes a hot topic. How DO we balance our work with our lives?
In my experience, you have to swing between the two — assuming you don’t want it to be sterile and focused only on one or the other.
Most of us have to work to earn a living, so if you must spend a lot of time at work, make sure you turn around and spend a lot of time at home.
Maybe you work crazy hours during the week, but the weekends are focused on your family and/or friends. The more I watch people trying to create balance in this regard, the more obvious it becomes that it’s not an easy task!
You will face challenges no matter what — the difference is how big of a challenge or how easy it might be to resolve.
As you reflect on what you can do to keep your life and your work balanced, I encourage you to think about what you can do to keep it swinging, and what you could do about creating “quality time” whether at work or at home.
Some people work for one or two hours then take a break. Some go home for lunch every day.
My experience has been that if you focus on a specific task for 3–4 hours, you get much more accomplished than if you were doing it a little bit here and there.
