How do you find work-life balance?

Kristen Roth

Nearly half of American workers say they check email after they leave work, and 45% say they do work during non-business hours. Most of us would love a little more balance in our lives, but the fact of the matter is, achieving it is hard. 

What does work-life balance mean to you? And what are some of your best tips for achieving a more balanced schedule?

 

Matt Doar_tzgiej

1. Setting other people's expectations for when I will usually be working. For example, it's ok to tell people you don't read email outside work hours
2. Setting my own expectations about not working at home is the harder part, but still necessary. For example, it's ok to decide that you're not going to work outside your usual work place. Don't look at your phone when you wake up either
3. Tell people how to contact you, but emphasize that this is for unusual things
4. Finally, ranking all tasks by what you actually care about long-term is necessary overhead. Otherwise you will be busy with everything all the time.

Now ask me how successful I am with those