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Find your work-life balance sweet spot by sharpening your ax
Find Your Work-Life Balance Sweet Spot by Sharpening Your Ax If the link to play the video above isn't working, click here to watch. Where do you fall on the spectrum of working "after hours," Reader? Are you Type A: very strict about not touching work after you walk away for the day, and never on a weekend? Or are you Type B: no boundaries about when you shut down work which results in you working too much? As Simon explains in today's video, there's an inherent danger to both extremes ... Type A tends to be less engaged and more likely to quit. While Type B tends to experience burnout more frequently. Not surprisingly, the sweet spot somewhere in the middle ... where you do the occasional work at night and on the weekends because you care ... is where people are the happiest and most productive. Now, when you work at home, that sweet spot can be more difficult to find. But it's also more critical that you do find it. Or at least be aware that it exists and attempt to find it. Many people erroneously believe that working from home automatically delivers a sublime work-life balance. But my experience suggests that we who work from home have to be even more diligent about protecting our boundaries and maintaining a healthy balance between work and non-work life. Just as Simon explains that it's not an effective vacation if it's really just telecommuting from the beach, it's also not effective work-life balance just because you're working from home. In both cases, it's not just the geography of where you're spending your time, it's about what you're doing while you're there. Are you being intentional with how you spend your time? Are you balancing productive work time with breaks for rest and rejuvenation? Are you taking the time to sharpen your ax? The metaphor of sharpening your ax to be more productive isn't a new one. Many experts teach doing so. But are you doing it? Are you doing it regularly? For me, sharpening the ax does double duty of improving my productivity AND my work-life balance. It takes the daily form of taking the dogs for a quick 15-minute walk around the block, 10 minutes of pulling weeds in my garden, a 30-minute swim/float in the pool, or 60 minutes of reading a book during my lunch break. It also means attending seminars or taking online courses for ongoing learning and inspiration about once a month. What does it look like for you? I encourage you to explore different ways to sharpen your ax. Find what works for you. In fact, find several ways that work for you. I think you'll find that, like me, your productivity AND your work-life balance ... your overall happiness with work and satisfaction in your life ... will be all the better for it. As always, I'd love to know what you think of this week's newsletter. Post your thoughts on social and tag me (@coachmichelepeterson), or simply reply to this email! Thank you. I appreciate you! xoxo, Now for more good stuff ... Interesting Reads ...
WFH Tip: To WIN working from home, do a weekly review to stay on track with your goals. Look at what you're currently doing well, what you need to start (or stop) doing to get you closer to achieving your goals, and schedule the action steps you need to take to maintain your forward progress. Badass Affirmation of the WeekI take the time to live in the moment. My family appreciates what I do. I teach through my actions. Say it. Believe it. Be it. From the book Badass Affirmations by Becca Anderson I hope you enjoyed this week's newsletter. Thank you for linking arms and being part of my working from home tribe! I'll be back next week with more tips, inspiration, and other fun stuff to empower your WFH success. Until then, have a beautiful week! xoxo, P.S. It's my goal to inspire you and remind you of your greatness as we navigate WFH life together. If you loved this week's newsletter, please feel free to forward it to your friends! And if you haven't already joined our Work From Home Winners Club private Facebook group, click here to do so now! We'd love for you to be part of the community we're building there.
September 29, 2024 | Coach Michele Peterson |
Coach Michele Peterson
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