Balancing Act
It is so easy to lose control of your life personally and professionally. The two begin to blend together and you wonder where one starts and one ends. Life has to have some balance to it in order to keep you healthy and sane. This can often seem so hard to do but with a one needs to find that balance and harmony in life. Or else one either looses out on their personal life which will in turn affect their professional life.
Before one can even begin to get your life in balance you need to first know where your life is out of balance. Are you spending too much time at work and not enough time at home? Are you working on the weekends instead of spending time with friends and family? Are you married? If so your life then isn’t just about you. So when working on balancing your life, they have to be a consideration as well. What are you missing in this area? Date night with your wife? You have to balance life and it has to include these important people in your life. So one must take that into consideration. While one understands that there are hectic schedules once in a while but when they happen for a longer duration things start going down the drain.
It’s easy in a job to do a lot of things yourself so the job gets done right the first time. However in doing so you are taking away from your personal life. This is where delegation is essential. Delegating is important to balance in your life. Delegate the things that can be done by someone else. Schedule some Time for Yourself .This seems to be one of the hardest things for most people to do. It’s also the last thing on most people’s list. You have to take time for yourself even if it is only an hour here or there. It could be something as simple as just taking an hour to read your book for an hour or going on a run or watching some cricket.. No matter what you do, the goal is to take “some” time for yourself. Prioritize – The key to finding balance is the ability to prioritize. You have to realistically know what needs to be done first and what can be pushed back to a later time. Saying “No” is another most important thing that one of my ex-bosses taught me. Cause I was somebody who would never say No and was always stuck , bogged down with work. We often want to please others and so we take on more and more because someone has asked us to. By doing so you are throwing your life out of balance because sooner or later you’re going to have too much to do and not enough time in the day to do it. Sooner or later you have to say no to some things in order to keep your life balanced and happy.
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