Improve Your Work Life Balance And Get More Out Of Life
Do you feel that you're spending too much time at work and there
must be more to life? Perhaps you need to improve your work life
balance?
Find out which area of your life needs attention and focus on
that first and see how great your life could be.
One way to assess how you're doing, is to score each of the
following eight areas out of 10. If any one of these is
seriously out of balance it's likely you'll be tired, stressed
and unhappy.
Health - being fit, healthy and well. Are you a healthy weight
for your height? How physically active are you - do you take
regular exercise? Do you have a healthy diet - limited intake of
sugar, caffeine, alcohol and processed food? When was the last
time you visited the dentist, got your eyes tested, checked your
blood pressure?
Money - having enough to meet your needs. Do you know what it is
that you need on a monthly basis? Do you have any large credit
card bills or loans? Do you save 10% of you income? How well do
you manage your expenses, investments and savings? Would you
like to have financial independence?
Personal Growth - get to know yourself better. What steps could
you take this year to increase your own personal development?
What behaviour would you like to change? Is there something that
you'd like to learn to do better?
Partner/Relationship - being happy with where you are. If you're
not currently in a relationship are you happy with where you
are? If you are in a relationship do you have your partner's
needs as a priority and do you know what these needs are? How
much time do you spend with your partner? Are you able to
communicate effectively?
Fun/Social Life - having time to relax and enjoy yourself. How
regularly do you take time out for yourself to go and do
something you really enjoy? This is one area of our life, which
can get out of balance when we spend too much time at work.
Arrange to do something this week to increase your fun.
Career/Business - enjoying your work. Is your job enjoyable and
fulfilling? Do you have a plan in place to improve your
career/business prospects, gain promotion or plan your
retirement? How are your working relationships with your boss,
colleagues and others around you? Get to know what makes them
tick - after all they're people too.
Friends/Family - spending time with your friends and family. How
often do you see your family? Who haven't you spoken to recently
that you've been meaning to call? Who could you talk to right
now? How could you spend more time with your friends?
Physical Environment - enjoying the surroundings in which you
live. What you come home to has an important effect on how you
feel day to day. If you've got lots of unfinished jobs around
the house or you're not happy with where or how you live, look
at what you could do to change it. Pick one outstanding task and
aim to do it by the end of the week.
If you score less that 4 in any area, focus on that area first.
What action could you take to make a change? What would it take
to score a 9-10 in every area? To get further support and advice
and a free test - get my the Life Balance Wheel.