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Work-Life Balance Is A Choice

July 29

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I deliver dozens of workshops each year on stress and work-life balance. Many of my participants ask me about my personal work-life balance, thinking that as the ‘expert’ this has been an issue that I have completely conquered. This couldn't be further from the truth.

Four Main Causes of A Lack Of Balance:

  1. Role Overload.
  2. Work-To Family Interference.
  3. Family-To-Work Interference.
  4. Caregiver Strain
"My oldest is playing AAA hockey which requires a lot more travel. My husband has been away more with his job. I developed pneumonia and was down and out for a couple of months. I moved my grandmother moved from her home into a nursing home. My youngest broke his collar bone. I had to stay late to finish that report. My vacation got interrupted because our computer system went down. There was an important client meeting and I missed my daughter's recital."

Work-Life Balance Is A Myth

Often we think that balance means equal. If I spend 7 hours at work, then I need to spend 7 hours with my family, or my life is out-of-balance.

Balance does not mean equal.

Balance is constantly changing.

 

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Balance is about changing your focus to increase the satisfaction and enjoyment in the various aspects of your life. It is about making decisions in your life without feeling guilty. Beverly Beuermann-King Click to tweet

Balance is about Life Satisfaction

The hardest part of work-life balance is around making choices based on your priorities and fundamentals at the time, without feeling guilty or pressured. It is about increasing our satisfaction with each of these areas of our life. We do this by letting go of perfectionism and our superhero complex, which for many of us, is not always easy to do.

Check out Strategies for Managing Your Life

What Can Employers Do To Increase Life Satisfaction?

Start by evaluating your work-life balance initiatives. These initiatives are any benefits, policies, or programs that help create a better balance between the demands of the job and the healthy management (and enjoyment) of life outside work. Do you have enough initiatives that promote and support balance and life satisfaction?

 

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Here are some workplace wellness initiatives to consider:

  1. Promote Flexibility. Flexible work hours can improve the feeling of balance and control
  2. Allow employees to have control and input over the work they do
  3. Have stringent email policies that promote balance
  4. Ensure productive meetings
  5. Ensure meeting free blocks of time
  6. Promote frequent breaks
  7. Monitor workload and overtime
  8. Ensure employees are utilizing their vacation time
  9. Promote messages about life satisfaction
  10. Encourage a culture of openness about time constraints and workload
  11. Train leaders to provide support and recognize signs of stress

 

As champions of wellness within your company, help others incorporate these life satisfaction messages:

  • Balance does not mean equal.
  • Balance changes.
  • Balance means making choices to increase overall satisfaction and being okay with those choices.

 

You and your company can support life satisfaction by incorporating work-life initiatives into your workplace wellness program. By doing so, you will find that it will increase your retention, engagement and your overall success.

 

Check out the Balance and Life Infographic for more information on:

  • 9 Signs That Your Life Is Out Of Whack
  • Questions To Evaluate Your Balance
  • Strategies For Managing Balance
  • 15 Ways To Take A 5 Minute Pause

 

Click The Link To Check Out This Inforgraphic on Balance and Life Satisfaction :

https://worksmartlivesmart.com/Balance-and-Life-Satisfaction

 

If you have some strategies to share – comment on this posting!

 

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Written By Beverly Beuermann-King

Building Resiliency Through Stress and Mental Health Strategies.
For over 20 years, Beverly has used her S-O-S Principle™ with teams who want to control their reactions to stress, build resiliency against life’s challenges and live full and flourishing lives. Beverly works with teams and leaders to shift from stressed out to resilient, enabling them to be more engaged, productive and healthy.

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