5 Tips to Improve Work/Life Balance

Does work get in the way of your life or has work become your way of life?   How do you balance all the work-related tasks you need to complete each and every day, while balancing your personal life?  

Once upon a time we had three parts of our day which were split equally:  8 hours of work, 8 hours of leisure time and 8 hours of sleep.  Yes looking back this seems like a fairy tale now!  The new balance is more like 12 hours of work, 6 hours of sleep and 6 hours of a lot of other stuff not really leisure.

So how do you change this?  Here are 5 tips implemented that have made a difference.

1.  Separate your personal time from your work time
2.  Focus on the moment
3.  Early to rise and Prioritize
4.  Make time for just yourself
5.  Set realistic expectations

#1  Biggest challenge is some of us work 24x7 and still working on mastering this one and #2.

#3  Early risers are known to be more proactive, can better anticipate problems, are more optimistic and often have more family time after work

#4 is a personal favourite!

#5  Only you get define realistic expectations that you are confident you can accomplish.

How are you balancing your work/life?