Defining Work-Life Balance
A work-life balance is separating a personal life from a professional life and its essential to your health that the two are divided.
In today’s workplace, we are surrounded by a lot of technology. We have to remember to find a balance between work and a personal life. Especially in today’s digital world which is the gadgets around us in our workplace, such as laptops, cell phones, pagers, emails, and even text messages end up following us home. That’s when you need to put into mind when the day is done, does it actually end?
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Determine The Situation
Think about it, we constantly check our phones so when we go home and maybe cook dinner, watch a show and work comes up, we attend to it because the access is in front of us. Although working at home is great, it is important to have personal time because, without it, our health can be affected in a negative way.
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Many negative outcomes are possible when we do not focus enough on ourselves. One of the main issues is our health. Working so much can make us lazy, that will lead to being out of shape. Our work environment gets unorganized which can cause stress. Always working has consequences such as fatigue – many mistakes can be made when we are tired.
Now that we know how badly this affects us, what’s next? We are not ourselves when our body’s change. Those around us will now be involved. Children, they need time and attention and without it, they feel neglected. The focus is needed to maintain a healthy relationship with a spouse and even friends. Without the balance it could lead to divorce, loss of friendships, or upset children. That’s why it is so important to maintain it.
Check out Nigel Marsh on his experience with his work-life balance, this video is a great watch!
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Do you feel like your work-life balance is poor? See above for tips!
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Source
Krasny, J. (2011, October 31). 10 Signs Your Work-Life Balance Is Out Of Whack. Retrieved from Business Insider: https://www.businessinsider.com/10-signs-your-work-life-balance-is-out-of-whack-2011-10
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