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How have you managed the work-life balance?
I am the kind of person that throws themselves completely into their work, but my personal life has suffered in the name of productivity. How have you found a good balance between work and life?
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I work from home, so it can be very hard to stop working and live a little! I have to schedule time to work on my personal life. I get really into my work as well, so I make it a point to schedule time to exercise, or to read, and even to have lunch -- away from my computer. I also schedule a block of time, after my son gets home from school to help him with homework, and to play a little. I pretty much plan to stop at a certain point, with the understanding that I might do a little more work later in the evening, after family time, if needed.
Another thing that helps is that I make a list of things that MUST be done each day, and tackle those first thing. That way, if I get to family time and something is undone, it is almost always an item that can wait until another day.
Think about an airplane during its flight. Rarely does it go from Point A to Point B in a perfectly straight line. Instead, its on-board computers monitor what's going on and automatically make minor adjustments based on its findings. So the path from A to B is really more of a serpentine -- whenever the plane is drifting too far north, it's nudged back south; whenever it's angling too far east, it's aimed back west; etc.
The key in flight - and, to your question, in life - is to make all those adjustments as soon as you realize they're needed. That way, they can be smooth and easy instead of herky-jerky.
So don't focus on THAT your work/life balance is off-kilter. Instead, congratulate yourself for recognizing it and then make whatever in-flight adjustments you need to ease things back the other way. No need to over-steer; just a gentle lean back the other way is often plenty. And if you find you've gone too far, no worries either -- just adjust your adjustments as you learn what small changes create the BIGGEST improvements for yourself.
Hope this helps.
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