Work, Life…Balance
Work, life…balance; as human beings and as women, especially, we are all striving to find that work life balance. As a working mom, I know and I am sure, we all know, how difficult it can be to strike that balance. For one reason or another somebody somewhere is being let down it seems; you are either doing really well in one area and not so much in another area and or both areas need improvement because you have yet to find that balance.
If you spend too much time at work you are deemed a workaholic. If you spend not enough time at work you are considered a slacker. If you spend too much time with your children you are considered a hovering parent and if you do not spend enough time with your kids you are considered an all in together bad parent. What gives hey?!
In this post I want to outline some tips on how to gain, regain and or maintain a positive balance between your work and your personal life. Some of the tips that I will provide I personally live by and others I could stand to adopt.
- Set your Priorities
Figure out what your priorites are and set like 5. I like to do weekly priorites while others may have daily priorities (it really depends on what works for you). For instance, I know for this week I had to pay bills, try to get ahead on some work projects, and re-enroll my daughter into school. For this week alone I did just that and I could not have done it if I did not pace myself and give myself wiggle room to get it done.
2. Keep Track of Time
As an excercise I am challenging my readers to spend a week tracking your time. What are you doing with your time? Ask yourself is what am I doing in alighment with my priorities. If you find there are alot of things not in alignment with your priorities I am asking you to eliminate those things from your life and or designate a set time for it/them. My personal guilty pleasure that I know I have to set specific time aside for is watching interviews of stars on The Breakfast Club (hey do not judge me ;-)).
3. Give your Attention to One Thing at a Time
Lets face it multi-tasking is for the birds….excuse my french. It is humanly in my opinion impossible to give your undivided attention to two things at the same time. Instead focus your attention fully to the task at hand. Once that task is complete you can move on to the next task.
4. Make Sure to Schedule Some Looking Forward to Time
Set a side some time that you can look forward to daily, weekly, and or monthly. Whether that time is spent booking a flight to a near or far destination or spent painting your nails while listening to some soothing music…make sure to set that looking foward to time.
5. Private time should be respected
Protect your private time like you would a work meeting. I cannot stress that enough and I will leave it at that.
6. Get Some Sleep, Eat Right, and Exercise
Often times when our personal habits and general lifestyle are in poor condition we can feel a lack of balance in life. It subsequently can counteract any balance we are stiving to achieve in other areas. With that said, make sure you are getting adequate sleep, eating right, and exercising regularly.
7. Get Support
Do not be afraid to ask for support in your quest for a work life balance. Tell everyone who will listen and who help comprise your work and your personal life that you need support.
8. Set Boundaries and Learn How to Say No
Set clear boundaries between work and your personal life and learn how to say no in the process. If you find that things do not fit in your schedule or align with your priorites do not be afraid to say no; there is no use in overwhelming yourself.
9. Evaluate and Re-evaluate
We should constantly be giving our work life balance a check up because let us face it, life/work is a never-ending journey that will change. So let us set a side some time bi monthly to reflect on our present balance. Let us see where we are and where we want to be and how we plan to get there.
Thank you for reading. For more on work/life balance please click here.
Until next time.
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