It has already been two weeks since I last discussed the topics I held during my Monday's hangout, and that is due to my travel, but now I am very much back in my space. As seen above, the title of this discussion is Work-Life Balance.
Understanding balanced life and its importance
For every man to be truly happy and to also attain peak productivity and true happiness in his life, I believe it is therefore important to know how to perfectly balance one's work life and personal life. These two sometimes become very difficult to balance, as generally one's personal life is mostly powered by work, so therefore we spend more time on our jobs than with ourselves and our families.
Without having these two terms in the right proportion, one is not living a balanced life. This means having time for your personal interests, hobbies, families and yet doing great at work and completing work assigned to you before the deadline.
The moment a person gets to know how to perfectly do this, the importance is always rewarding, making the person happier and also not having to hate his or her job. Many people today hate their jobs because of the time they consume in their lives. They never get time for their personal interests and hobbies without even mentioning having time for their families.
As a result of attaining this balance, there would be a great reduction in stress and anxiety in the person's life. The person would be less worried and have better mental and physical health, as worry and stress have the opposite effect.
With the fact that one would have time for his or her personal interests, they would also have time to strengthen relationships with their families and friends.
The Challenges People face in Having a Balanced Life
But despite all the importance and benefits of having a balanced life, a lot of people still face a great challenge in attaining this balance. For many people, it is not entirely their fault for not having their lives balanced, and some can be due to the nature of their work.
Some jobs nowadays may require one to work long hours and take fewer frequent vacations. This would make it very difficult for them to attain balance and would make it difficult to find time for personal pursuits and relationships.
Aside from the issue of work, some people may struggle to strike a balance on the family front. The responsibilities one may have as a parent can be overwhelming, which sometimes makes it difficult to balance one's work, especially for single parents.
The challenge may also come from the individual's failing to set clear priorities. If one does not set priority on what matters most, he or she will lose sight of what is important and become overwhelmed by activities, meeting deadlines, and fulfilling responsibilities.
It is also important to learn to say no to anything that makes you make additional commitments or requests in order to protect your time and energy.
How Work-Life Balance can be Improved
One of the ways to provide a solution to a challenge or problem is to first identify the problem and understand it. Depending on the challenge you face, it is always important that you have boundaries between your work life and your personal life. This means making sure both sides are not coinciding with each other. This can translate to keeping anything work-related aside when spending time on your personal interests, relationships, or with family.
If anything comes up out of schedule with less importance, then it is important to say no to anything that would take your time. Learn to delegate tasks when you are occupied with a lot at hand.
It is very important that you learn to prioritise your tasks based on their level of importance, keep breaks in between activities so as not to feel burnout, and most importantly, make time for yourself: your personal and mental health, personal pursuits and interests, relationships, and family.
Thoughts about My Work-Life Balance
I am someone who always tries to find a balance in all my activities, and most of these tips are what I try my best to apply. I believe I am not yet there, but a work in progress. I remember taking a personality test some months ago on Discord, and I was given Hypesquad Balance.
I would not say I am not facing challenges at the moment. In fact, I face a lot of challenges, and this comes when trying to balance my activities on Hive alongside school. I am presently active on Hive because school is not in session, but when school resumes, I will be less active here as school activities are at the top of my priority list.
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Finding balance in life is very important. You really opened my eye to so much on this post.
For sure, if we don't know what a problem is we may not be able to solve it. For most people, all the complains they make about their jobs can be solved if only they can balance their work life and personal life.
I know there are so much demands, so much pressure that make us want to use all our time for work but even if we amass all the money in the world, if we are too busy with work we will not enjoy it, also if we give all out time to ourselves and give little time to work, we will soon go broke and that is worst than anything. Either ways if these two are not balanced we will be affected.
When we learn to share our time appropriately, giving priority to each of our activities as it should be, we would have a balance in our lives. When it's times for work, work, when it's time to rest, get some rest, when it's time for family, give it to them and keep work aside. Achieving balance in life brings so much relief.
exactly! but that balance itself takes time as the pressure from both sides most times determines where we would put our mind and focus in.
One need a proper planning and a perfect execution to carry out all important balance in life. Like you said all of us find it difficult...and in process we either create mess at work front or at family front....a dedicated routine too helps in creating a balance...
One thing I like about routine is that when we do it long enough, it becomes a habit, and maybe then we will be close to attaining a balanced life.
Routine makes life perfect when implemented dedicately
Achieving a work life balance is quite challenging because it is a continuous process of setting priorities and discipline oneself to set boundaries for work related activities. For some people they can no longer tell the difference between their work life and personal life anymore and it has affected their relationship with everyone around them.
There is right time for everything, no matter how difficult it might seem, just like you said a person must find a way to balance their work like to ensure a healthy lifestyle.
this is a key note that you have mentioned here, and discipline makes it possible.
I like your addition that for everything, there is a right time.
Well, I believe everyone should have a proper password according to his or her priorities. As the way of creating a strong password we make out data secure, in the same way we may set a password for our life with our priorities and here one should not forget to bring the most desired things in front of.
I like the way you put it, we should not forget to put the most desired things in front. I like to call them the most valuable things in our lives.
Indeed, I think the main reason is unfair jobs that force some people to take essential time from their personal lives in order to do work, ignoring rest time and time for the person’s private life.
This is why I want to be a freelancer, or work remotely for a company. The full-time job is not my type of thing.
Striking a balance between work life and our personal lives isn't has been a challenging thing that most people face. Just like you said,
.this can be a great tactic and also not allowing anything related to work to interfere with your family time, etc.
Overall, setting priorities can be helpful
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Most people want a perfect work life balance but life is not fair to all.
Buddy same here I tried to find balance in my work
I agreed there should not be overlapping between work and personal life. I hate private jobs because they take more time from people and people don't have time for family. It brings frustration and bad mental health. There should be a delicate balance as you mentioned between them. We should accept challenging factors and do our best to improve our personal life.
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Balancing Hive activities with school commitments is undoubtedly a challenge, but recognizing and adapting to the ebb and flow of priorities showcases your commitment to personal growth. Keep navigating this journey with the same thoughtful approach, and you'll continue to find that balance that works best for you.