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Best Hacks for Work-Life Balance
Work-Life Balance is an elusive thing. Some argue that it does not exist. That it is, in fact, a constant calibration. Sometimes work requires more of you, sometimes your family requires more of you. Sometimes YOU require more of YOU. Here are 3 ways I’ve learned to “hack” this work-life balance thing: 1- BLOCK YOUR TIME. Don’t roll your eyes. I know it sounds simple. IT IS! And it works! If you haven’t tried it, please humor me. We all have 24 hours in day. 8 of those are or should be spent sleeping. (More on sleeping later) That leaves 16 hours to do everything else. Now here’s the trick. …
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The Magic Bullet
I am a self-help junkie. It’s always been my favorite section at any bookstore. I could spend the majority of my life learning and trying to become a better person and I’d be happy. If only I didn’t need to make a living, I would make self-improvement my full time profession. In my quest to find work-life balance, I needed to first find a way to be more efficient. Efficiency would mean accomplishing more in less time, and therefore, freeing up more time for friends, family, and myself. Sounded simple enough, but why was it that the days always seemed to run me, instead of the other way around? My…
