How Do You Find Work-Life Balance? – ElPropósito3 min de lectura

What’s within your control when it comes to balance?

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Balance is a subject that has really caught my attention, mostly because of the beliefs that surround it. In my last post I wrote about what work-life balance is, some of its benefits and why the two sides need to go hand in hand and become a goal in their own right.

"How can I balance my work and my life?" is a tough question, because, really, what in this world is ever in perfect balance? To answer it, I’d like to suggest three levels of awareness we can open up. It starts with recognizing that life is a journey, a constant flow of time and, above all, finite. That leaves us two powerful resources to make the most of: time and energy.

Pouring all our energy into one area, work, is one of the many beliefs that keep us from finding balance: "make the most of being young while I have the energy," "these are my productive years," and so on. Fortunately, looking after areas like health, nutrition and exercise raises our wellbeing and energy significantly over our whole life.

The next level of awareness is realizing that we’ll always be productive. So the exercise we do today, and the way we care for our family, our friends and our spirituality, all earn compound interest. Each of those accounts will grow over time based on the actions we commit to starting today.

The third level of awareness shows us which areas are getting most of our focus right now. Dreaming and aspiring are a wonderful gift, and the focus we give our work should be the right amount. Above all, our work should inspire us deeply and fire up our passion, because that’s where we find creative ways to make room for the rest of our life.

To close, a few questions to reflect on work-life balance:

• Where is my focus right now?
• Is it costing me other areas of my life?
• Why am I doing what I’m doing?
• Am I happy with what I do?
• What’s my plan for growing in the other areas of my life?
• What habits would I like to add starting today?
• Which accounts do I want to grow over time?
• When it comes to work and life, which comes first, the chicken or the egg? Or can both happen in my life at once?
• What’s within your control to find work-life balance?

A big hug and all the best,

Rodrigo Baccaro

• P.S. 1 Book: I’m already reading this one this week and highly recommend it: Tus tres súper poderes para lograr una vida más sana, más próspera y feliz (Your Three Superpowers for a Healthier, More Prosperous and Happier Life), by Dr. Mario Alonso Puig
• P.S. 2 Video: If you’d like to go deeper into the book’s ideas, I recommend this talk

Author: Rodrigo Baccaro

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