12 Ways to Improve Your Work-life Balance

 

Many of you have just entered into the work life or some are waiting to join, so, in this crucial time it is very important to all of you to maintain the work-life balance properly.

Unfortunately, many of us can’t properly see the line between our work and personal life, so, we can’t balance both which leads to face struggle in both the lives.

Why maintaining work-life balance is so important?

Every one of us should be aware of our life and work space, and eventually we have to know why it is so important to create a balance between our work and personal life.

Work-life balance is a state of life where someone prioritize equally his or her work and personal life. It is important to maintain a work-life balance because it makes you more productive, positive and lower your stress in both the segment.

Maintaining a work-life balance is important to maintain your mental and physical health and well-beings. If you are not mentally stress free or physically fit, then it is impossible to lead a happy life.

Remember, you only get one life, so don’t waste it just by leaning to one side, either work or personal life. You have to balance both to achieve your goal.

This article brings you 12 ways to improve or maintain your work-life balance perfectly.

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1. Categorize your work

On a very busy schedule, you may have lots of task to do, then it is better to prioritize your works. Categorize them in different channels like,

Urgent and very important

Urgent but not important

Important but not urgent

Now you got a ground to work further balancing your work and life. Finish the urgent work first and then give yourself time for your personal life too.

“Do less, be more.”- Elizabeth Grace Saunders, Author.

2. Know your peak time to work

Every one of us had different working time, some of us are morning person and others are not like that.

So, identify your best time to work. For example, I am a night person and I do finish my work by night before going to bed.

Therefore, complete your most of the work in your peak time to balance your work-life, and it is important to stick on it.  

“Either you run the day, or the day runs you.”- Jim Rohn, Motivational Speaker

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3. Don’t be afraid to provide yourself a ‘me time’

Providing yourself a ‘me time’ is not so bad, rather it helps to rejuvenate your mind to focus on your work better. Cutting yourself out from the world for some time is not that bad for you.

Just give yourself proper time to set back and relax. Do whatever you love. Keep balance between your work and personal life. Don’t do things as much that can harm your daily life.

“You will never find time for anything. If you want time, you must make it.”- Charles Buxton, writer

4.  Manage your time

Maintain a data sheet to manage your time or a to-do list. In this list you can create your activity chart that include your important work as well as your personal matters like party, health check up etc.

This is for example; don’t think that you have no time for your friend’s birthday party just because of your unfinished work. Manage your time to finish the work, but never be absent on those parties.  

“The bad news is time flies. The good news is you’re the pilot.”- Michael Altshuler, Motivational Speaker

5. Make a comfortable workplace

To maintain a balance between your work and personal life, a comfortable cozy workplace is much needed.

Think that you have to work for long but your space is not just comfortable for you, then you can’t give your 100% effort to do this work.

Invest on some equipment that gives you everlasting comfort like, wheeled chair, laptop table, air conditioner etc.

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6. Maintain a healthy lifestyle

A healthy lifestyle is the key to balance your work-life. An unhealthy life can’t give you the proper satisfaction to do your work perfectly on time.

Always prioritize your health. Don’t skip exercise due to excuse of your work. If you can’t finish it on time, then also don’t skip your exercise or walking or running.

Eat a lot of healthy foods, which gives you energy, not the fast foods or oily foods that driven your energy on another way by upsetting your stomach. 

Timely go to sleep and take proper rest to energize your body and mind to finish your half-done work tomorrow.  

Just not only you have to take care of your body but your mind too, with a mind full of anxiety and depressions you never be succeed on your work platform. So, take care of your emotional or mental health also.

“Don’t confuse having a career with having a life.”-Hillary Clinton, former US Secretary of State

7. Take a break

Short breaks are very necessary in between your works to maintain a healthy work-life balance.

Give yourself a tea break, a lunch break or an evening break. Don’t just only sit and work and goes on for a long time, take a break after each 15 or 20 minutes of sitting.

It helps you to rejuvenate or refresh your mind, and do then a light stretching to avoid joint pain in the body; it also helps to focus you better in your work.   

“Better learn balance. Balance is key.”- Mr. Miyagi  

8. Have a holiday

Just taking a short break from your rigorous work every day is not enough, if you want to maintain a balance between your work and personal life, then you have to go for a vacation occasionally.

When possible, finish your work and enjoy a long weekend or plan a trip to nearby places.

After that, you will come back with a fresh mind that will help you to finish your work in less time.

“Never get so busy making a living that you forget to make a life.”- Dolly Parton, Country Singer

9. Prioritize your family/ friends/ relationships

Everything is important in your life, friends, family, your relationship, everything. Don’t submerged only on your work. Try to stop your work at a time and prioritize your relations.

Spend quality time with them, plan a vacation, or just sit back and relax with them without the worry about your tomorrow’s job. It can really helps you to improve your work-life balance.

“The key is not to prioritize what’s on your schedule, but to schedule your priorities.”-Stephen Covey, Author

10. Leave work at workplace

Leaving work at workplace is very important to maintain a balance between your work and life. Most of you carry your unfinished work to home and it spoil your home environment. You feel higher workload that increases your anxiety.  

So, if possible commit yourself not to carry the work to home. Create an unwritten rule for ‘no work at home’. As well as this point is not valid for nowadays, because, work from home is the main theme now.

“You will never feel truly satisfied by work until you are satisfied by life.”- heather Schuck, Author

11. Smart work is encouraging than hard work

This is the technological era. You should work smart here, not hard. Learn about the uses of some useful technology like skype, to lower your pressure to arrange everything manually.

To maintain some notes or to-do list you can use your mobile instead of your dairy and pen to save some time. Time management is very essential to work smart.

“Work smart to earn a life along with money.”- ConSCIENCE  

12. Create boundaries at work place

Create some boundaries for yourself and your colleagues. Make sure that you are not available all the time, after a particular time you should off the office work.

It is better to use a separate mobile for office, which you can shut down after work. They should be aware of that you have some personal place also.

Set a boundary for yourself too, regarding when you want to do your work and after which time you should off it. It is necessary to know when to stop to balance your work-life situations.

“Balance is not better time management, but better boundary management. Balance means making choices and enjoying those choices.”-Betsy Jacobson, Business Consultant

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Maintaining a healthy work-life balance is very much useful to be more productive in your ways. You will found best results in your workplace.

But, you have to know that there is no ideal work-life balance for anyone in this world. It can’t be so perfect that you will finish your work early and rest of the time spend with family.

Remember, there is no such perfect schedule, just try to maintain one. Be realistic, do what is useful to you. Very slowly, you can achieve a proper balance in your work and personal life. It is not so easy that from tomorrow you will get it.  

So, from now, live healthy, think healthy.  

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