Tips For Better Work-Life Balance

Work-life balance is an emerging concept that helps employers to split their time, efforts and energy between work and other important portions of life. In order to get all the work done in less time at office and home, our stress level rises and zaps our concentration, makes us irritated and depressed, makes us vulnerable to a variety of ailments and also affect our personal and professional relationships.

When employers are happy and balanced, they tend to be more productive and enjoy their work. Work-life balance is all about integrating personal and professional life. Here are a few ways to feel relaxed and controlled by your work-life balance.

• Set goals each day: Prioritize your work and work to meet them. Meeting the prioritized jobs will make you relaxed and helps you have control over your work. Make a list of the works you need to do, start with important tasks and let go the unessential ones. You can also take it as maintaining the daily routine which will help you to track your balance and reflect in your mental clarity.
• Make time for yourself: Admit your happiness is important and know that creating time for yourself is important. Even if it is for some minutes, it will worth it. Do things that make you happy and content. Take time out of your busy schedule and foster your hobbies and interests, take vacation, travel and explore places which will refresh your mind and help you balance your work-life.
• Learn to say no: Many of us have a bad habit of not saying “No” thinking it is a rude act. But saying no is important to manage your time. Saying yes to all irrelevant works will just extend our work time and shake our vision and values. If you think something is not important and is not on the priority list, it is wise to say No which will free up your time and you can utilize the time in the essential work.
• Unplug when required: When you are tired and stressed from usual work stuff or any sort of distractions, cut ties with them and allow yourself to recover from the stress. Time away from the work and pressures allows you to focus on more important aspects of your life- family, friends and your life. In addition, you will have time to think and increase your potential.
• Work out: Workouts and exercises have always been an important part of maintaining work-life balance. While you may think it is a waste of your time and might be expensive, it is an essential part that refreshes your mind, energizes, motivates and keeps you healthy. Separate time for your work out and you will definitely see positive changes in your life.

Lean on your support when in need: We focus and take pride in being self-sufficient and independent. We think asking help from others will make us seem less knowledgeable. But the fact is, asking help can lead to positive results with little efforts.  It is okay to ask help from your seniors, friends or families at any time you want to. Be sure when to ask help and know why you need the help.

We all are different from each other, so is our version on balancing work-life.  We need to find out what works best for us and then we will be able to dedicate our valuable time to our work and family without losing our senses.