How to Balance Professional and personal life

Nowadays it is difficult to balance between professional and personal life. However, it is not a herculean task. Determination towards your work can assist in maintaining work life balance. There are some ways to maintain work life balance. Some of them are briefly discussed below.

• Prioritize your time –

  It is necessary to complete the work assigned, but on the other hand you have to prioritize your tasks. At the end of the day, you are being paid to complete your work not to make someone happy.

• Do what you love –

  when it feels like pressure, just take a break and do what you love. How is a person expected to put in the most productive hours of his day and of his life into doing things not required by him from nature?So, take a break asit will help in revitalizing.

• Manage your mind –

  Spending time with someone whom you love will support you and lift you up. Man is not a machine, he is a living being with emotional as well as physical needs.

• Take a vacation–

  When work stress or pressure crosses the limits, go for a vacation with family or friends, it will make you feel relaxed and joyful. After all, work and no play makes Jack a dull boy.

• Maintain space between work and family –

  We have to set some space between work and family, so when family is in need, you can stand beside them. Think of it this way, both water as well as salt is required by the body. But put those together, suddenly neither is being sought out by the body.

• Allow others to help you –

  There are two types of people in the corporate world - one kind who supports you and others who do not support you. I call them the BMW employees. Bitching, Moaning and Whining employees. However, you are lucky if you get one or two people who always stand beside you because they know your weaknesses and understand you.

Finally, to maintain a balance between professional and personal life is very important. These are two important sides of the same coin. Professional life gives identity and financial support and family gives emotional and moral support.

As one of my friends once said to me, "I have put excel on my computer for my bread. But I have Civilization VI for my soul." What a thought!!! brings up the mind and body discussion.

That's an interesting way too, to look at this unique problem. Just as the wrestler hones his technique, a chess player builds up his endurance for those long mind-wracking chess games so too you should hone your work and personal life. Some of you may have heard of Elon Musk's 16 hour work schedule. Or seen the 0-hr work schedule of the roadside bum. Do you think either of them have true happiness in their life? Think on this! Really think on this!! Long and hard!!! And you will find the answer to Life's eternal question why you should live.