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Home » How To Balance Professional And Personal Life

How To Balance Professional And Personal Life

by Felecia Smith
September 21, 2020Filed under:
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Balancing work and your life can be quite difficult. A career requires sacrifice and can take up a large amount of your time. Some careers are not flexible and you can miss an important event such as your child first step. This article will look at ways you can balance your career and private life.

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Ways to balance professional and personal life

Select a career that will give you freedom

If you value your freedom then you need to select a career that will give you the freedom you need. You may not leave work at 5 pm every day in order to spend time with the family. Teachers will get summer vacation and this gives them more personal time and flexibility. Whenever you are choosing a career, choose something that will give you enough personal time so you can have freedom while working.

 

Time and place for everything

You need to separate work and personal life. At work, you work and do not discuss your private life. If you are dating a co-worker then this will be extremely important. You will date outside office hours. Do not take home the files that you have at work and disrupt your family time. Prioritize and give your kids the attention they need. Try not to talk about work when you are with your significant other. Work hard and finish your task so when you get home you can give your loved ones the undivided attention they need.

 

Use technology to your advantage

Technology gives professional advantages such as working from home. You don’t have to go to the office but participate in a video conference. If you are at work you can send your significant other an email and allow them to feel special. You can stay connected with your friends and family while you are at work but don’t abuse it. Keep focus and get your job done.

 

Take vacations

Find out from your Human Resource department at work about vacation. You should apply for vacation and use it to spend quality time with family and friends. You have to meet certain criteria in order to enjoy vacation benefits. Make sure that you are fulfilling the requirements. You can also get days off before vacation. This depends on your company’s policy.

 

Time management

Time management is very important if your want to balance your career and personal life. Plan your day and work with a schedule. If you stick to your schedule you will be able to achieve more. If you work a 9-5 you will plan how you will spend the morning and evening. Will you wake up early to do some house chores? Iron all your clothes for work so you will have time in the week to prepare breakfast for you family. People with good time management skills are able to live a fulfilling life.

 

Sacrifice and use resources available

Spend time with your spouse. Schedule monthly dates on the weekends. Let your manager know ahead of time when you have an important event such as your son’s graduation. Most employers will accommodate their employees request for a day off especially when it is very important. They know the importance of family and they want their employees to be family orientated. Some companies offer day-care service to the employees with children. You can utilize this if the service is available.

 

Seek help when you need it

You need to understand that you cannot play hero all the time. You need to seek help when you need it. Ask a trusted friend to babysit the kid while you go on your business trip. If you need help at work then ask your colleagues to assist you with a project. It is okay to ask for help so you can achieve more.

 

Wrapping up

It can be a challenge to balance your career and professional life. You want the best of both worlds so that you can have a fulfilling life. Things that you can do to balance career and personal life include time management and making sacrifices. The truth is we all have enough time. We need to make the sacrifice by waking up early and getting house work done or going to the gym and we can do all the things we want.

 

 

 

 

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About Felecia Smith

Felecia is a professional writer at Technobezz and she focuses on lifestyle articles. She possesses a B.A. in Linguistics with honours. During leisure time she likes to travel, read, and explore new cultures.
Graduated with honors in Linguistics and a minor in Caribbean Sign Language and Interpreting.
Participated in a Cross Campus Exchange for one semester at the University of the West Indies, St Augustine.

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