Work-Life Balance: How To Have a Balanced Life

Are you feeling depleted? Because you’re always looking for perfection. One of the most important ways to establish work-life balance is to quit this habit. This is a habit that harms you both physically and mentally. You can keep striving for it, but don’t devote your whole life to it. Because nothing can be perfect. There may also be things that don’t go well. 

Since the habit of being a perfectionist usually starts at a young age, it can be difficult to quit. Many people are trained to excel from childhood. Being a successful student, graduating, getting a job, and excelling at work…This process may have been easier when you were a kid, but things get harder as an adult. Now, that there’s more responsibility, it’s not possible to be perfect. Leave this habit to protect your health.

Don’t be afraid, it’s a job after all, and you don’t have to love every bit of it. Considering this, it may seem difficult to implement. However, it’s not. Think about the dream job you had in mind when you were just graduating. How badly you wanted it… If you’re very tired at work and can't work motivated, sometimes it’s not your problem. It’s hard for people to work in a job they don’t like. Think about your job, do you really want it? If the answer is yes, very good, but if no, you should think about it. 

Of course, we have to work. However, this shouldn’t mean that the work we work on limits us. How can we be happy if we don’t love what we do… If you do what you love, you will be a much happier person and you’ll be less prone to depression. Most importantly, it’ll be much easier for you to establish a work-life balance. What’s better than going to work excited every day?

Set goals for yourself every day. However, these goals shouldn’t be exaggerated. Set your limits. If you give yourself tasks that you cannot accomplish in one day, it’ll demotivate you. You’ll be working hard and you’ll not be able to do anything productively. So, plan your to-do list carefully. Include goals that you can actually accomplish that day. 

When you create a daily schedule and have a to-do list that you can actually fulfill that day, it’ll feel so good to be able to do them. You’ll feel like you have control over your work. If you wish, you can also add your daily work to this list. This can help with work-life balance. It’s important to be realistic about your workload. For example, there are five more days to deliver a job, and do you have other work on that day? It won’t hurt you to set aside the job, which has a deadline of five more days, for now! Don’t force yourself to finish it within that day. Don't let it be your priority.

An important tip: Don’t be afraid to ask for help when you need it.

Unfortunately, if you’re someone who is trying not to break anyone, it’s a very difficult habit to gain, you must find yourself saying yes to everything at once. Yet, nothing is actually more valuable than you. Moreover, learning to say no is one of the most important points to having a work-life balance in your personal life. 

If there is a situation that’s not so important to you, say no. You don’t have to do that job right now, because you have other jobs. Once you make it a habit to do this, you’ll be amazed at how you save time. If you want, practice saying no to yourself at home. It may sound interesting, but this really works. Knowing your priorities is also very important at this point. So, don’t forget the item we've mentioned above, the to-do list of your own priorities. In this way, you’ll set the boundaries between professional life and private life. 

Technology has started to take place in every aspect of our lives. Especially if you work remotely, you probably have technology in your life all the time. For example, communication applications. However, do you know that this technology is what keeps you always available? Anyone from the workplace can reach you at any time. For this reason, the time you devote to work never ends. That’s why you work all the time, you have an unstable life. Afterward, you have no motivation to work and you turn into a stressed and tired person…That's no good.

To establish a proper work-life balance and make the distinction between your professional and personal life, it’s necessary to stay away from technology once in a while. Let those who want to reach you from the workplace reach you in one hour, or two hours later if you want. You don’t have to be available all the time. There are times when work and life must be lived separately. Therefore, take some time for yourself. This can happen alone or with your family or friends. Turn off your phone during that time. In this way, you’ll not have to answer business e-mails while you’re having dinner with your family. You’ll have quality time.