In today’s’ stressful times, balancing between work and home can prove to be quite challenging. Constantly trying to fulfill demands at work and home can become challenging and lead to stress and dissatisfaction. And gradually, these negative elements take a toll on work performance and personal life.
This webinar goes over some helpful tips and tricks to balance your work and personal life without compromising on spending time with your loved ones.
4. Signs of Imbalance
If you find yourself….
Falling sick often
Having a short temper
Feeling a lack of joy
Worrying constantly
Feeling that you lack control
Developing Addictive tendencies
5. Why is restoring this Balance important?
Is your visualization something like this:
Reduced stress.
Improved on-the-job –
Productivity.
Improved off-the-job
relationships with co-workers.
Improved relationships with
family.
Better health.
Happiness – the Ultimate
goal.
6. Are you on the right path to achieving
this balance?
7. Common Myths
Myth 1
Work Life Balance means spending 50
% of your time at work and 50 % of
your time at home.
Maintaining Work-Life Balance DOES NOT MEAN AN
EQUAL BALANCE.
8. Myth 2
Work Life Balance is same for all.
There is no perfect, one-size fits all formula in WLB.
9. Myth 3
Hours worked equals productivity.
The notion that working
for 11 or 12-hours a day
means you are
productive.
Working Smart rather
than working hard is the
mantra for today.
10. Myth 4
Women desire more Work Life Balance
than men.
Work Life Balance is a need of all humans.
12. Factors That Disturb Your Work Life
Balance
Competition
Lack of support system
Lack of trustworthy resources.
Lack of resources nearby.
Health & Illness.
Need for money.
Technology its overuse
Skills
13. Steps to achieving Work-Life Balance
To achieve Work Life Balance, we need to think of
work-life balance as an equation:
15. 1. Track Your Time
Keep a time log of work-related and
personal activities.
16. 2. Determine Your Priorities
Reflect on what is most important to
you
Ask yourself these key questions:
What do I need to Start doing?
Stop doing?
Continue doing?
Do more of?
Do less of?
Do differently?
17. 3. Set Specific Goals
Turn priorities into concrete and
measurable goals.
Break larger tasks to smaller.
Block time to achieve these goals.
18. 4. Establish Boundaries
Boundaries are an imaginary line of
protection that you draw around
yourself.
These are about protecting yourself
from other people's actions.
Gives Courage to Say NO
Keeps you away from making
promises that you can’t keep.
19. 5. Leave Work at Work
Develop a mental on-off switch
between work and home.
Listening to music or recorded books
during your evening commute,
Exercising at the fitness center,
Running errands, or keeping
personal appointments.
20. 6. Forgive yourself
Staying guilty does not help, rather
think of ways to work on it.
Stop trying to be a perfectionist.
21. 7. Turn Your Phone Off
Turn your phone OFF. It is
acceptable and healthy to
occasionally disconnect.
Keep away from
social networks
and emails. It
saves time and
eases the
unwanted
22. 8. Know When to Ask for Help
Shed the Superwoman/
Superman image.
Work together as a team with your
children, friends, family, neighbors,
bosses, work colleagues, etc. and
ask for their support.
23. 9. Take Care of Your Health
Take care of yourself by eating
healthy meals (especially breakfast),
Exercise at least three times per
week.
Sleep a minimum of seven hours per
night.
Refrain from the excessive use of
alcohol, tobacco, or drugs to relieve
stress.
24. 10 . Nurture Your
Family/Relationships
Spend quality/focused time with your
family.
Give them your full attention.
Develop rituals you can all look
forward to.
Create a support network with your
spouse and children that are not
incidental but rather instrumental to
25. 11. Make Time for You
Take at least 30 minutes of
uninterrupted "you” time.
Set aside a weekly day of rest.
Use your mind to make some
affirmations for yourself.
Find ways to relax, relieve tension
and minimize stress.
26. 12. Some important tips.
Don't get overwhelmed by assuming
that you need to make big changes
all at once.
Celebrate your successes and
don’t dwell on your failures.
Avoid excessive multi-tasking.
Avoid trying to work faster.
27. WORK LIFE BALANCE PROGRAM
Join the 4 week program on Work Life Balance
which will each day suggest you a task to do that
can help you to achieve WLB systematically and
easily.
Join Challenges like :
1) Play with your kids.
2) Digital Detox
3) Family Dinners
4) Better Together, etc.
28. All the Best.
Thank You.
Have a Nice Day!
Presented By –
Nazneen Chunawala, Sr. Counselling Psychologist, TruworthWellness.