Work-life balance looks different for everyone. We all have different interests, motivations, energy levels, and ambitions, so one formula does not fit all! It happens that my husband and I work in the same profession. Ask either of us if we feel like we have “work-life balance” and we’ll give…
I’ve learned quite a bit from my reign as a self-proclaimed burnout queen. (So much in fact that I’ve written a Busy Season Survival Guide for the blog to share over a decade of those lessons with you!) Those years gave me a lot of time to reflect, to try…
How do you find work-life balance that works for you? In this post, we’re taking a six-step introspective journey to find that balance! But first, if you’ve not already, you might wish to visit this foundational post: How to Find Your Unique Work-Life Balance. It takes a high-level approach to…
Are you burning out frequently at work? Is it making you question your life choices? I say that in jest, but I actually did want to explore this as an adjacent post to the 5-part series called The Busy Season Survival Guide, published recently. I burn out at least twice…
What is work-life balance, exactly? And how do you achieve it? Usually you’ll come up with one of two answers: either a prescriptive map of what work-life balance should look like (complete with pie-charts and activity checklists), or more likely these days… “Work-life balance is a myth.” It doesn’t exist.…
When you’re burnt out at work, conventional wisdom says to pull back so that you can recover. I just wrote a series called The Busy Season Survival Guide that ended with a post about Rest and Recovery for when you’re starting to feel burnt out, but you still have to…
Yup – if you’re facing overwhelm, do one more thing. Make it a hobby, preferably something you really love. Something that can get you into “flow”, or something you’re really proud of, or something that has meaning to you. Something that you’d do for free. Keep it low-stakes and low-pressure. …
Holy smokes, what just happened? Come back to early January with me. We’d just come off the holidays, and my work-life balance was feeling on-point. I wrote about it. My husband and I are both public accountants, so we were gearing up for the impending “Busy Season” (that’s February through…
Feeling perpetually tired and overwhelmed? You may need to reclaim your work-life balance. I’ve been there. My day-to-day felt like a life-sized game of whack-a-mole. I was reacting as things arose, addressing them mostly on auto-pilot because I didn’t have the bandwidth to do anything more. I needed a rest!…
It’s no secret that workplace culture is shifting in a major way, and as I’ve been exploring authenticity throughout the first half of this year, I couldn’t help but expand it to the employee experience once again. Here are some perspectives that might help you feel more authentic at work.