For all the times you have imagined and reimagined your life with the perfect work-life balance; here is a quick glimpse of simple ways to achieve it.
In today’s time work life balance is of utmost importance. Many people I know are workaholics, who work late nights and on weekends too. The work from home culture has taken businesses by storm all over the world, which has indeed brought offices in homes 24 x 7! I agree that money is important in life but we must also think at what cost we are earning this money.
If we reflect on the life of some of the great achievers like world-renowned cricketer Sachin Tendulkar, we will see that their day is divided carefully among all the aspects of their life. Family, friends, health, hygiene, hobby, spirituality and and more – all have their share, that build beautiful relationships and a beautiful life!
Family is one part of our life, which is taken for granted the most. We also tend to take for granted some of the most important people in our life. We need to stop pushing people away, giving the easy reason of ‘no time’. I believe we must invest good time with our family. If you look at it, it is not that difficult. You can just decide on any small topic and communicate with it with your family. Start a discussion, take views, respect opinions; you will be surprised with the outcome and the effect it has in maintaining relationships. You will feel blessed. Same goes with friends – make time for friends. Meet them not just for the big reasons for all the small instances, which multiply your happiness and strengthen your friendship.
Health is also of utmost importance. What is the point in running behind money during young age when you have to spend the same money or even more on healthcare when you grow old. When we lose on health, we must understand that it is a permanent loss. Which is why I always recommend investing minimum of one hour on your health and fitness every day. It can be a simple sport, a walk or run, or a swim. Mental health is also as important as physical health. We must invest sometime everyday doing the things that we love; that help in relaxing our mind and soul.
We should invest 8 to 10 hours on our professional lives, irrespective of your position and role. You may be working, self-employed, an entrepreneur, or a coach, but you must focus on your career with complete dedication for the time that you may be in office or at work. Time management at your workplace and productivity are very important. To achieve this you can plan your day in advance, make daily to do list, set out priorities in that list and accordingly finish your work and go on with your day. Don’t just run behind work, enjoy it!
Again my advice is the most powerful mantra that I follow and preach, that is to plan and organize your day. Next come to organizing your week and then your month. Slowly but surely you will develop a healthy routine. When you do so make sure that all the aspects in your life like your family, professional, social, spiritual, personal, all these are in mind.
While travelling too you can make good use of time by reading something, listening to audiobooks listening to spiritual guru’s, or leaders. Personally, when I travel I listen to the stories, advice and inputs, of the successful people in sports, business, and politics.
So to sum it up, for life and career balance, what we can do is –
- 8 to 10 hours for professional life.
- 1 hour for health.
- 1 hour for hobby.
- 2 to 3 hours for family and friends and your social circle.
- 1 hour for hygiene.
- 1 hour for self upgradation.
- 6 to 7 hours for sleep.
We need to understand that in today’s time continues up gradation is the need of the hour. If you do not upgrade yourself, if you don’t evolve with time someday you will be outdated. So invest in self up gradation first.
When we are young we must contribute the most to society. Don’t wait for retirement to do social work. This social contribution gives more happiness and in the long run completes our life.
So here we are with my few cents on balancing life. I hope you achieve this, and live a fulfilling life!