Comments on: 10 tips for better work-life balance http://www.blisstree.com/articles/10-tips-for-better-work-life-balance-155/ Family, Health, Home and Lifestyles Tue, 22 Dec 2009 10:39:24 -0500 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: Jamie http://www.blisstree.com/articles/10-tips-for-better-work-life-balance-155/comment-page-1/#comment-91480 Jamie Fri, 21 Mar 2008 12:41:50 +0000 http://www.careerandkids.com/10-tips-for-better-work-life-balance/#comment-91480 I left a corporate job in 2001 (we were bought out) for my current job at a smaller more relaxed publishing company. Then I got pregnant four months later! It turned out to be the best thing for our family because I've been able to change my schedule around and I now telecommute half my week. I got to travel for my last job to some pretty cool places for conferences, like Puerto Rico and San Diego. Sometimes I miss that glamorous PR type job (ha, ha) but now I like the boring predictability that I have. I left a corporate job in 2001 (we were bought out) for my current job at a smaller more relaxed publishing company. Then I got pregnant four months later! It turned out to be the best thing for our family because I’ve been able to change my schedule around and I now telecommute half my week. I got to travel for my last job to some pretty cool places for conferences, like Puerto Rico and San Diego. Sometimes I miss that glamorous PR type job (ha, ha) but now I like the boring predictability that I have.

]]> By: JayMonster http://www.blisstree.com/articles/10-tips-for-better-work-life-balance-155/comment-page-1/#comment-91499 JayMonster Thu, 20 Mar 2008 16:33:18 +0000 http://www.careerandkids.com/10-tips-for-better-work-life-balance/#comment-91499 Now the one trick you left out that most people miss, is HOW to be critically honest with yourself. (I don't have an answer though, you can usually guess that any justification that starts with "We can just..." is probably not going to work as well as you anticipate. i.e. We can just cut our energy bill by 10%. If you count on it, then you can almost certainly be assured that whatever steps you take to do that, will probably be offset by a price increase etc.) Always plan the worst case scenario, not the best, and you have a better shot at what reality will more likely wind up like, and if it falls short of "worst case" then you can be "pleasantly" surprised. Too many people I suspect THINK they are being honest at the time, but in reality are coating it in wishful thinking. Now the one trick you left out that most people miss, is HOW to be critically honest with yourself. (I don’t have an answer though, you can usually guess that any justification that starts with “We can just…” is probably not going to work as well as you anticipate. i.e. We can just cut our energy bill by 10%. If you count on it, then you can almost certainly be assured that whatever steps you take to do that, will probably be offset by a price increase etc.)

Always plan the worst case scenario, not the best, and you have a better shot at what reality will more likely wind up like, and if it falls short of “worst case” then you can be “pleasantly” surprised.

Too many people I suspect THINK they are being honest at the time, but in reality are coating it in wishful thinking.

]]> By: justAcliche http://www.blisstree.com/articles/10-tips-for-better-work-life-balance-155/comment-page-1/#comment-91498 justAcliche Thu, 20 Mar 2008 15:46:16 +0000 http://www.careerandkids.com/10-tips-for-better-work-life-balance/#comment-91498 I'm wrestling with this right now. It is very difficult to balance it all and I think I may have made a bad decision to go back to work full time. (at a job that does not offer flexible hours) My kids are really struggling with it and I am too. I’m wrestling with this right now. It is very difficult to balance it all and I think I may have made a bad decision to go back to work full time. (at a job that does not offer flexible hours) My kids are really struggling with it and I am too.

]]> By: Kristie McNealy http://www.blisstree.com/articles/10-tips-for-better-work-life-balance-155/comment-page-1/#comment-91497 Kristie McNealy Thu, 20 Mar 2008 15:25:07 +0000 http://www.careerandkids.com/10-tips-for-better-work-life-balance/#comment-91497 We have 3 kids too, with the youngest being 6 months old. Every one of them has made us step back and reevaluate where in the world we're going with life, our careers, etc. It's so important to have the ability and flexibility to be able to stop, reassess and move on in a new direction that really works for your family. -Kristie We have 3 kids too, with the youngest being 6 months old. Every one of them has made us step back and reevaluate where in the world we’re going with life, our careers, etc. It’s so important to have the ability and flexibility to be able to stop, reassess and move on in a new direction that really works for your family.
-Kristie

]]> By: Devra http://www.blisstree.com/articles/10-tips-for-better-work-life-balance-155/comment-page-1/#comment-91496 Devra Thu, 20 Mar 2008 15:20:21 +0000 http://www.careerandkids.com/10-tips-for-better-work-life-balance/#comment-91496 You're spot on. Taking an objective look at ourselves is one of the hardest things a human being does. And then having the confidence to take the leap and do it, is also a big hurdle. Glad to see you were able to do both and now are sharing it with the world! You’re spot on. Taking an objective look at ourselves is one of the hardest things a human being does. And then having the confidence to take the leap and do it, is also a big hurdle. Glad to see you were able to do both and now are sharing it with the world!

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