Finding the right balance between the different spheres of life especially as it relate to work and personal life will help an individual feel better and fulfilled, and tend to bring about efficiency and effectiveness. Nevertheless, this balance can only be achieved by a conscious effort of the individual to be able to manage multiple roles (work and personal life).The researcher adopted the qualitative research method to review the literature relating to work life balance and ways of sustaining it. After critical reviews of related works on the topic understudy, we found out that to find a sustainable balance between work and personal life has to do with having the proper mind set whereby you set a goal for your work and personal life, proper …show more content…
Individuals who have the opportunity, to balance their professional and personal lives are happier, healthier and more productive. In order words work life balance expresses the affiliation between your work and the dedication to your life after the work place, and how they can affect each other. Government and management want to capitalize on involvement in the workforce neglecting the need to make life worth it after the work hour. Nevertheless, in our challenging lives many people find it really difficult to balance work and the household tasks of caring for children, family members with a disability or elderly parents. The employee at times really find it difficult and tricky to carve out quality time for study, get involved in volunteer tasks, take care of their own fitness or participating in games and …show more content…
Having the proper mind set:
a. Decide what is important to you - Is work or family more important? Both are necessary, so conscious effort need to be made on how to balance your time and commitment
b. Have work goals, - think of realistic goals for yourself to achieve at work. When you succeed at work, the rewards will spill over into your family life.
c. Have goals for life too - If you have goals at home, they can positively affect your work life strive for personal growth. Hear something new, whether or not it relates to your job.
2. Planning carefully:
a. Choose the correct line of work – Your profile of work hold the most important spotlight when it comes to maintaining a balance between work and personal life. If the work that you do is what you love, making the balance is a way easier job.
b. Think about work life balance when planning your family - Just as you should consider how your job affect your personal life, you should also think about how your personal life affect your family to complete your job.
3. Making the most of your
As if being the father of two children and a dedicated husband were not enough, Victor Terhune has to balance his family life with his job. Victor currently works as a Technical representative for the sales department at Weastec in Dublin, Ohio. Though work holds him back from doing some of the things that he would like to be doing, like spending more time with his wife and sons, this is a common theme for many workers today in a relationship with their desire to be with their families. Victor strives to get resolution to this by making time by driving home right after work and focusing on that quality time with his family.
Previous generations have a strong belief of keeping work and home life separate; that work is for work and home is for play (Rampell, 2011, para 21). Today’s professionals do not seem to abide by similar beliefs, constantly crossing the borders of one into the other. While many recognize this as an issue that could result in employees being less productive, it has actually resulted in them accepting that their work may run late into the evening or even into the weekend. I agree with this completely in that I grew up being taught that business is business and personal is personal; you leave your home life at the door. But now times have changed, and my weekends are no longer dedicated to my home life, but for work, because I attend classes during the week. Also, in my line of work in the Allied Health industry, it is a requirement to work off hours. Long gone are the days of working nine to five, Monday through Friday; technology and the demand of wanting affairs done and done as soon as possible, has made it so the “work week” is now 24-7. “Jon Della Volpe, the director of polling at Harvard Institute of Politics, said, ‘Some experts also believe that today’s young people are better at quickly switching from one task to another, given their exposure to so many stimuli during their childhood and adolescence’” (Rampbell,
Through life, one must make choices in their personal and professional lives in order to maintain a healthy work-life balance. Through the plays Bull, Waste, Little Eyolf, The Homecoming, and the musical Kinky Boots, it is evident that creating a distinction between one’s personal and one’s professional life is essential to living a healthy life. When one’s personal life and professional life overlap completely, trouble ensues.
The inability to achieve “work-life balance” has become a major focus for workplace equality activists. When this topic is brought about it is primarily used to describe how woman cannot have a work and home life but instead are forced to choose. Richard Dorment took on this point of interest from a different perspective in his article “Why Men Still Can’t Have It All” published with esquire. Going against the normal trend he describes how women are not the only ones put into the same sacrificial situations, but instead that men and women alike struggle to balance work and home. Dorment opens up by saying “And the truth is as shocking as it is obvious: No one can have it all.” In doing so Richard Dorment throws out the notion that one
In many instances, dual-earner families find difficulty maintaining a satisfying marriage due to time constraints and conflicts between their job and family. As a result, it is imperative that couples communicate their values, goals, and priorities, and revisit them frequently. Additionally, with more families being forced into becoming dual-earner families, government officials must be proactive and establish programs that help employees balance their careers with their family. With dual-earner families here to stay, couples must set aside their differences to provide themselves with sufficient economic
During the weekends, I work at Walter Reed National Military Medical Center. This is an extraneous work schedule that has been weighing on me very heavily. My wife stays at home and takes care of our house and children. We work together as a team to make sure our kids are cared for and have everything they need to
An untold amount of people tear apart at the seams because the tension is too much. The rest of the people have different versions of the same problem. People try to juggle work and family, but find themselves in a state of confusion where priorities become blurred. Is getting a high salary more important than having dinner with family?
Having ambition to be successful is key in getting what you want in life. Ambitions of getting a great job, a family, and any other thing that will make your life more enjoyable is all do to setting goals. Setting goals of getting paid a certain amount of money by the age of 40 is a goal that will make you work hard, and do well in the business place. Having a family and a nice house is also a goal that will make you do well in the business place, to be able to provide for your family. Also, having those extra things that make your life more enjoya...
Workaholics – people, who have a compulsive and unrelenting need to work (www.dictionary.com) – appear more and more among the working people of United States and other developed countries. At first glance, workaholics do not seem to be such a problem for industry and society as a whole. But in spite of all devotion to their work the workaholic will not be as valuable as a normal worker. Workaholics do not think about anything else except work that can cause severe health problems and can cause problems on their work. All that causes a reduction of economic profit for the company.
Take more of a control back from the negativity that was taking away from me while trying to get where I need to be. Seek more helpful advice and a mentor that has had previous experience in what I am trying to do and can help guide me while also guiding myself in the direction I am heading towards. My goals for my profession is to be the best that I can be, succeed, and do everything and more than I know I can do.
I have the ability to balance work and time to relax. It is very important to me that I do what I love and love what I do. When an individual is doing what they are meant to do, they realize their potential and purpose in life. I feel that this correlates to me in my life now, because I chose to come to Limestone to play softball and get an education as a Health Care Administrator. I am satisfied everyday in both of these important goals and reward myself for the accomplishments that I achieve to reach those goals. I one-day hope to contribute my skills and talents to my work that will be rewarding to me and people I work for. I hope to attain job satisfaction and many other important components needed for my path to becoming successful in the
As it was noted above, the number of working mothers in the U. S. during the past thirty years increased dramatically and there are no signs of decrease in this number in the near future. There are many different reasons for mothers to choose employment rather than staying at home. Some mothers make conscious choice to be employed. In other words there is no restrictions on type of employment or amount of income it brings. In this case, satisfaction and self-fulfillment from job will have positive effect on how these mothers raise their children. However, some of the mothers are forced in to being employed due to being the only provider to the family, single parent or other consequences. The forced maternal employment causes rise in the level of mother’s stress and has negative influence on quality time that mother spends with children. Nevertheless, no matter what is the reason for employment, all of the working mothers face a problem when it comes to balance work and family life. Having to balance work and family life is complex problem and parents can use all the help they can get to solve it. It is one of the society’s responsibilities to provide help to families in raising children into adequate adults. As a result, there is a need for changes in society in order to accommodate recent changes in family structure due to increase in maternal employment.
As large numbers of married couples work outside the home and have parenting responsibilities, their multiple roles have grown. Therefore, the combination of work and family roles generates a spillover of stress in these two areas. Balancing work and family is both a female and male issue. The demands of work pull them away from family intimacy, while the demands of family pull them in. Either extreme can be problematic for individuals and their intimate relationships.
...ees are expected to appreciate the work of the experts and should show enthusiasm when facing such a challenge. From the research it is evident that this is a challenge that many people face (Gambles, Lewis, & Rapoport, 2006). All employees who are facing this type of a challenge should ensure that they balance their lives. If it is difficult to do so, they should seek help from specialists who will help them solve their problems. This is a problem that many people have faced. If a person is faced with it, they should not feel that they have a problem. They should be aware that many people have been through the same situations and they were able to balance both lives. It can be possible if a person is willing and has created interest to balance both lives. This is because it is a culture and an ethical recommendation for a person to be able to balance both lives.
We all spend a large portion of our week at work and sometimes that amount of time can skew our priorities. However, at the end of the day it is family that is really important. Early in my career the perception was that in order to get ahead you had to be the person putting in the most hours. I would often come in early and stay late to show my commitment. However, over time this perception has changed and I have found that it is not true that putting in the most hours makes you the best employee. The birth of my son six years ago really changed my perceptions and priorities. When my husband and I were both focused on our careers it was easy to get in the pattern of working long hours, but once you have a child at home you have a very good reason to not spend every waking hour working. I have discovered the true importance of work life balance and contrary to my old beliefs I think it has actually made me a better employee. I am motivated to do my best when I am at work, while working very efficiently and with a purpose. I am much happier in general with the balance and my family is also happy. This value will continue to be of great importance to me for the remainder of my career. I think it also makes me a more compassionate and empathetic leader and my employees respect my values and want to also do their best while they are at