Why Work-Life Balance is Important
Your life is more than your job. If work is always your main priority, you will miss out on other life experiences, some of which you may never get the opportunity to engage in again. While we are all (or almost all) stuck inside of a system that requires us to work in order to fund the lives we want to have, work that you do for a paycheck is not always an inherently fulfilling part of life and if it is for you, it is certainly not the only one. As has been repeatedly pointed out, the statement “money can’t buy happiness” is over-simplified and doesn’t acknowledge many of the nuanced things that money can grant access to that can contribute to one’s happiness. However, money cannot replace once-in-a-lifetime experiences, time that has gone by, or people who have passed.
Work-Life Balance is Self-Care
It is also important to make time to care for yourself. Without work-life balance, it can be easy to neglect your own needs. An accumulation of self-neglect can lead to burnout or a state of crisis. You are not a machine, you need rest, joy, and variation. Neglecting to care for yourself, in favor of spending more time at work, is not a sustainable life strategy.
Finally, while it may seem counterintuitive, striking a better work-life balance can actually improve your career success. Striking a balance between your work and other aspects of your life results in time carved out for the other things that are important to you, making it easier to be fully devoted to work while on the clock. Applying your whole focus during work means you are less likely to make mistakes, and you may find it easier to take on difficult tasks or come up with creative solutions for addressing problems.
Techniques to Prioritize Work-Life Balance
Prioritize
One foundational step toward work-life balance is figuring out your priorities. Take some time to consider what is important to you. Once you know what matters to you, you need to figure out the ways you can show up for your priorities. It may help to approach this step by delineating between long-term goals and the actions you can take in the short term to move you closer to your long-term goals. Then the work ahead of you is to follow through.
Set Boundaries
Setting boundaries around work is another main piece of prioritizing work-life balance. It can be difficult to stick to your boundaries, but if you intentionally outline when and how much you will and can work and do your best to put work down outside of those times, you will likely find yourself with a little more time to spend engaging in other things to support your wellness, your relationships, your passions, and your long-term goals.
Have Activities Outside of Work
Find a transition activity or two. It can be challenging to put work down and immediately shift your attention to something else. Your thoughts may linger on your current work project, the task you weren’t able to finish today, the upcoming things on your work to-do list, etc. Finding an activity that provides a physical, mental, and/or emotional shift can be helpful in moving your focus away from work and toward your other priorities. Transition activities can include running, dancing, meditating, singing, taking a shower or bath, going for a walk, taking a nap, stretching, etc. Find a few things that work for you and use them as a way to pivot your attention from work onto other things at the end of your work period.
Get an Accountability Partner
Something else that can help as you seek to improve your work-life balance is finding an accountability partner or two. Ideally, an accountability partner is working toward the same or a similar goal to yours and you can brainstorm helpful ways and times to reach out to each other and check in on your progress toward your goal(s). This can help because when you are the only person holding yourself accountable, you might be more willing to bend the rules but with someone else checking in on you, it can be more motivating to follow through on your commitment(s).
Build in Self-Care
If self-care is not already built into your priorities, then add it. Caring for yourself will help you maintain your commitment to the goal of balance, in addition to all of your other goals. Commit to taking time to relax, recharge, and play. Though it might seem trivial, this is integral to being able to maintain a work-life balance.
How a Psychic Can Help
A psychic can help you in the endeavor to prioritize work-life balance in a few ways. They may be able to point out some of your own tendencies or habits of which you may be in denial or genuinely unaware. This can help you build safeguards into your process to achieve your goal more efficiently and holistically. Having this information will also help you know where you can stretch yourself to grow, when you have the capacity to do so.
A psychic may also be able to help you understand approaches and framing that work for you and that don’t. You’re going to have an easier time moving toward work-life balance if you are employing tools and thought processes that make sense for your life and your personality, rather than fighting an uphill battle against your strategies and mental framework.
Furthermore, a psychic may be able to provide an in-depth perspective on why work-life balance is specifically important for you. Knowing this may help keep you motivated as you engage in the often-tedious work of changing your tendencies and habits.
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