8 Tips for Work-Life Balance
- by Anonymous
Cleveland Clinic — 8 Tips for Work-Life Balance
How to take back control of your non-work hours
Just about everybody goes through stressful times at work. Projects pile up, you stay late and have to work evenings and weekends — but the flow of emails and messages doesn’t slow down.
When this busy schedule becomes the norm, it’s time to re-evaluate your work-life balance — and make some healthy changes to avoid job burnout.
How do you know when it’s time to examine how your job fits into your life?
What is work-life balance?
Work-life balance looks different for everybody — and, of course, you want to give 100% effort to your job.
However, in a nutshell, work-life balance means you aren’t spending 100% of your nonsleeping time either at work or thinking about work.
You take time to do things you enjoy, whether that’s traveling, cultivating a hobby, or spending time with friends and family.
You also carve out time for yourself, to take care of your health or simply relax and decompress.
“To many, our work is more than just work,” says psychologist Amy Sullivan, PsyD. “It is an embedded part of our values. We are proud of our work.”