By Sandra Domingos
Some people believe that trying to balance their work and personal life takes too much effort and time. However, it only takes a small amount of time every day to reflect on your work to life ratio, and to recognize if there’s anything that you need to improve on in order to have a balanced lifestyle. It’s a good idea to periodically go ver your work and life to see what needs tweaking.
First off, look to see if you have your priorities set straight. If not, take some ime to think about how you would reprioritize the things in your life like travel, family, friends, and work. Next, adjust your everyday schedule based on how you prioritize these things while being realistic with how many hours you’ll have to work to keep an income that will sustain you and your family’s needs.
Then, ake sure there’s nothing that you’re suffering from that needs your undivided attention. This could be anything like health issues or serious family issues. Reflect on what you need to do to solve these issues, and take action depending on how important these things are to you.
You may feel like relaxing at home is difficult because you’re focused on your workload. Try making sure that your home is separate from your work life by having a sete area for you to work and reserving the rest of your space for relaxation – in this same issue we talk more about it.
Reflect upon your personal life as well taking sure that you maintain a good relationship with all of your friends and family members will make you feel much better about your worklife balance and will make life easier in terms of being able to relax and be happy when you’re off of work.
Taking time to realize areas of your life that need to be adjusted to benefit your happiness is key to maintaining a sustainable work-life balance.
Once you realize things that could be fixed, make sure you don’t ignore the problems. Change whatever you have to in order to adhere to your priorities and maintain happiness, even if it means sacrificing things like working over-time at work. Taking a little bit of time every day to reflect on your life and make a plan to follow the path that you need to in order to succeed is the way to make sure you’re maintaining a healthy work-life balance.
*Sandra Domingos is a certified yoga teacher and life coach. She lives between Itararé, Bahia (Brazil) and Los Angeles, California, and when she is not in one of these two cities is because she is traveling around the world. Sandra has been to 4 continents and visited more than 50 countries.
Facebook Comments