Struggling to juggle work and personal life?

Create Boundaries One must Establish clear boundaries between work and personal time. Some practices can be helpful: * Set a schedule and stick to it * Create dedicated work hours and workspace * Set boundaries with technology and use separate devices for personal and official use * Communicate boundaries

In economics, there is something we call scale of preference. This simply means prioritizing. There is no formula to it as we work according to the exigency/needs

I work from home with very flexible hours and find this quite difficult. One thing that has helped is listing my usual working hours in emails and other communication channels to reduce the number of people who will contact/expect a response from me outside of those hours. Something I may do in the future is turn off all work related notifications except for dm’s outside of working hours so I can stay disconnected but still reachable in emergencies.

Setting a boundary is one of those words l classified as "easier said than done". However, it's essential for a good work balance in any setting you find yourself

Blocking off your time allows you to focus at the same time that your brain is best at focusing, and it lets you batch similar tasks together. Both of these are powerful boosts for productivity, and prevent brain fatigue for a longer period of time. For most people there's no need to answer emails right away, so you can block time to go through them. Add an autoresponder to your email that lets the sender know you received their message. When you have blocks of time for certain types of work, you'll be able to accomplish tasks more quickly and cross them off your list. You won't be overwhelmed as often, and you'll be able to go home on time and enjoy your loved ones and fave activities.

Too many professionals use the excuse "by the time I explained it, I could do it myself". Perhaps - but only THIS time. If this is something that will happen again and again, there's value in upskilling your team - investing in your team - so they can assist or even take over the task in the future.

Instead of juggling and trying to find work/life balance. Change your mindset to work/life flexibility. Flexibility says you will devote more time to work when needed, proactively letting your family know about the need to work more. Flexibility also says you will be able to devote additional time to personal life, when it is needed. In each way, you build relationship capital on the personal and professional sides of life when you need to flex between them.

Like this makes more sense and it makes it feel less chaotic, lol..its definitely a better approach **smiles**. Thanks ..now lets get to work!!