Secrets to balancing home and work life

Being out of balance can have significant effects on all aspects of your life. Create harmony in your life and establish a healthy rhythm that is sustainable and feels good to you.

Here are five tips to help you bring your home and work life into balance:

1. Care for yourself

• You cannot continue doing work or being present for others at home or at work in any dedicated way if you are not well taken care of.

• Allow yourself to be appropriately and highly compensated for your good work.

• Build time into your schedule to indulge in things you love to do that nourish you.

2. Establish good boundaries – at home and at work

• Establish working and non-working hours, and honor your word regarding your schedule.
• Clearly communicate guidelines for how and when to reach you outside of these hours if necessary

• Healthy boundaries will improve your quality of life and relationships with others.

3. Batch similar activities together
• Conserve your energy by limiting the amount of “back and forth” between tasks.
• Maintain focus and dedication to similar tasks so you can ride the momentum and improve efficiency.

4. Get support from your family and friends
• Communicate your vision and goals, and include ways in which they can help.
• Getting family and friends on board with your vision will help you stay accountable.

5. Create a three-year plan to achieve your desired income level

• A plan with goals and action steps will help keep you on track.

• An action plan with clearly defined and measurable objectives allows you to monitor your progress and make adjustments when necessary.