Ok, you have an entire different view of work/life balance that what I thought it would be. By the way, short term follower here because I’ve only just discovered you and love the writing! But let me explain.
Though you have a great idea of what work/life balance is, there is also another way of going about it, well at least my way anyway. Work life balance isn’t about being good, regardless of what you put into it, but about the fact there are days where life comes first and work comes second and the days where work comes first and life comes second, especially if you have kids! Who cares how good you are, don’t take that literally please. If you have the content people wants to read about, such as I truly enjoying your content, we’ll wait for it. Take care of the family and yourself first, I promise, I’ll be here waiting for your next story. But, and I mean a big But, when it’s time to work, it’s time to work! So work.
Now that the kids and family are taken care of, get down to business. There is no such thing as a 50/50 relationship because each and every day is different. As long as the work gets done, why should anybody really care? Life has it’s priorities and work has it’s priorities. Some days work takes 150% of your time while life demands nothing and then there are days where life takes 200% of your time and, unfortunately, work will want an additional 75%. But hey, that’s where the balance comes in, it’s not 50/50 it’s what ever needs to be done at the time and being able to balance the what I spend here will be payed for there. Typically it works out, usually, for me at least but that’s life. It comes and it goes and it doesn’t care what percentage of it comes, or goes. It’s just there. But being good, especially 100% of the time? Rubbish! Everything you do you’re good at, or at least trying to be good at. But time spent between the two, that’s where the so called “balance” is. I tend to thing of it as a juggling act. And you could never tell what the new day is going to bring. Make the employer happy, make the family happy. Both can be done, just don’t limit yourself to a work/balance life of each being 50% because that will not work at all!
Long rant, I know, But life and work should be intermixed, not just stuck to 8–12 hours a day for work and life has to wait for work to be done. Why can’t we have both?
Good post by the way. Got the mind working and the blood flowing! Thanks!
