You can have an amazing work and home life using these five tips.
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Your loved ones are always a priority.
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Being busy, having a lot on your plate, and still finding time to enjoy your home relationships can seem impossible. Apart from the time, our attitude also plays a vital role in balancing our relationships with a busy life. Time is a key factor; the other one is attention! We need to make sure there’s no overlap. You have to make sure you don’t carry over any stresses and strains from your work world.
However, there’s no need to panic, as there are several things that you can do to help to readdress the balance. Here are five tips for a better work life.
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- Priorities – Your loved ones are always a priority. You need not consider any amount of balance in this relationship. That’s not to say you shouldn’t try and follow your ambitions. But if you do so at the expense of the person you love, the eventual realization of your goals will feel hollow and empty as a result of you leaving by the wayside. Make sure you understand from the offset, who and what matters most to you
- Include them– There’s no reason to leave everything to do with work at the door when you come home. If you’ve made good friends at work, introduce them to your partner and socialize with them. You’ll find that if your partner has a better idea of who you interact with on a daily basis, and what it is you do, your levels of trust will continue to rise.
- Don’t forget to call– Your phone will likely sit in your pocket or on your desk all day long. It should not be ignored when it comes to addressing work-life balance. If you have some free time—or a lunch break—call your partner. Tell them you love them, that you miss them and that you can’t wait until you both get back home. Tell them about your day. Ask them about theirs. This small talk with your loved ones—during your otherwise busy schedule—will help your day fly by a little faster, and will help release any strains that have built up during the day.
- Diary– Making sure you both know your agendas is vital to allowing you time together. Make sure you firmly pencil in activities and time together, rather than just waiting until you have the time and the inclination. It’ll give you something to look forward to during your workweek. It will also mean you’re less inclined to let other things take over whenever you have time together. Make it a firm plan, and then go do it!
- Time is of the essence– If you struggle to find time together, you’ll both be deeply unrewarded. Even when you do get the time, you’ll barely interact. Always talk to your partner, give them your undivided attention and let yourself get lost in them. You’re together for a reason, because you love each other, and you love being with each other. Stay close, physical contact, cuddle and kiss, talk, laugh and reaffirm just what it is about this person that has captured your heart. Your time is valuable, and if you’re left feeling unfulfilled, it’s because you’re just not spending it wisely.
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All you need is commitment and dedication.
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There are five steps that can be taken to make sure you address the work/life balance in a way that will leave you deeply successful and fulfilled in both areas. The key though is step one: priorities.
You need to find out what matters to you the most. Sometimes you need to sacrifice your involvement with one task while focusing on the other. It can be canceling a date, completing projects earlier, or pushing your projects later. Managing your work schedule to have a better work-life balance is not a rocket science, and you can easily manage it. All you need is commitment and dedication. Always try to achieve fulfillment.
You won’t find fulfillment unless you establish your priorities, and once you do that, the rest will always fall into place. If your partner is your priority, then they come first every single time, no matter what.
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Photo: Flickr/ Kim Seng