Need Tips on Achieving Work/life Balance

First of all, where do you work and how do I get a job there?! I wish my company would put time and energy into this topic!

I write on Hubpages and have written about this topic. Not sure how helpful it will be, but you're welcome to plagiarize any/all of it! Let us know how it goes!

http://hubpages.com/hub/Balancing-work-and-life
http://hubpages.com/hub/Work-Life-Balance-Part-2-Solutions

Good luck!

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Hi S.,

You are a wonderful writer and communicator! I just read through you post with the greastest interest in what you were saying. Take that enthusiasm and energy with you when you speak at your seminar. People will be riveted to your words. Tell about your own experiences as you just did.

Remember the words of Mark Twain to Jack London, "Write what you know about." I would love to be a participant when you speak.

You are in my prayers,
L.

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Hi S.!
My gosh, it's yet another thing on your to-do list, getting prepared for this seminar!!
I think all working people, men and women, especially, feel the tremendous pressure now a days to perfect the "art" of balancing work and life. How the heck do you do that? Everyone is searching for tips, for advice, for the wonderful answer to happiness, because isn't that what we think we will find if we're effectively able to balance life and work? Everyone thinks that there exists out there, some magic answer and method to this balance and if we find it, BOOM, we are now happy and our lives are balanced and perfect! HA HA --what a laugh! My point is there of course, is no perfect way to balance your ever changing life and ever changing work! I think you ahould blow this myth out of the water for all the folks attending this seminar! They will be so less stressed knowing they don't have to keep searching their whole lives for some magic balance! They can just let go and be. They can realize that they already do have their own, unique way of balancing their lives. Everyone is different. Maybe you could engage them all and make them feel more a part of the whole thing by having everyone share their own personal tips and tricks for getting by everyday. I just think it's kind of sad when, because of so many demands and the ever present feeling we all have that we MUST do it ALL, and perfectly, we have to go to a seminar to learn better how! I still have to remind myself everyday that I am not perfect and I will not be able to give 100% to my kids, my husband, my self, the house, the bills, the grocery shopping, my job, the pets, the cooking, the friendships, the this and that and that and this, because no human being is capable of all that, so I don't know why we are so obsessed with achieving it! Try to convey the message to everyone that in order to be happy and enjoy our work/life balance we need to remember to just relax and know we can't have it all!! Thanks for reading my ranting and have fun at the seminar!!

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S.,

As someone who has been sahm and a fulltime job holder on top of being a mom. Support is the best thing you can have. ON top of that, everyone should be thinking of how to balance their lives in general. I read once that everyone should schedule every day to fulfill your spiritual, social, physical, and mental needs. The spiritual can be reading uplifting literature, meditation, prayer, etc. The social can be family, friends, meeting new people, etc. The physical could be anything from eating a healthy meal, to taking a walk, to having a good workout. The mental can be reading, taking a class, doing the daily crossword, etc.

Many of these things can be combined. I have had very spiritual experiences on walks I have taken, for example.

Lastly, schedule it and prioritize. If you do these things and have a routine, you will feel happier and so will others around you.

D.

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Gee...can I attend this seminar when you get it figured out :)! You could hand this task back to your boss and tell them your job is so demanding that you don't have it figured out either and your first step in figuring it out is to not take on this project :) okay...maybe not...

I would not know how to make a seminar out of it but I would say key tips are...

Prioritize
Delegate
Schedule your priorities; don’t let your priorities schedule you
Don’t take on more than you can handle
And last but not least (haaa haaa) make sure YOU is first on the priorities list
Schedule yourself into your day.

Good luck with this!!

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