The document discusses tips for achieving work-life balance and managing one's workload. It identifies common issues like taking work home but not completing it or forgetting tasks. Some time wasters mentioned are interruptions, procrastination, and perfectionism. The document provides tips like using a diary, prioritizing tasks, setting quiet work times, and tracking deadlines. It stresses having a realistic attitude about expectations and seeking help when needed. The main message is the importance of including personal time to properly balance work and life.

1. Work/lif
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balance

2. Work / Life Balance
Managing Workload and Putting Life
First
The obvious, the blindingly obvious and
the, hopefully, helpful
AHDS
7/11/13

3. Do you recognise any of these?
• Getting to the end of the day and find you have
done none of the planning, marking or organising
you planned to do?
• Taking a bag of work home and bringing it back
untouched?
• Finding you have completely forgotten to do
something?
• Being unable to find something? (paperwork, file
on the portal, a child’s jotter etc.)
• Sometimes feeling overwhelmed by the amount
of work you feel you need to do?

4. Time Wasters

5. • Losing things
• Meetings – that don’t need to be held, that
overrun, that start late
• Interruptions
• Procrastination
• Junk Paperwork / emails
• Crises
• Perfectionism
• Distraction

6. Some Tips
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Use your diary
Paperwork / emails
Book quiet time / no calls
Use the technology
Use your colleagues
Track deadlines / plan sensibly
Prioritise
Time spent organising yourself will save you time

7. The Big Ones
• Attitude
• Be realistic –about where to start and what
can reasonably be achieved
• Don’t overestimate what is expected of you
and overburden yourself as a result
• Seeking help is common sense and realism,
not a sign of weakness

8. Get the Balance Right
• Life first!
• Include personal time in your planning / diary
• Find a balance that works for you