Readers Answer: How do you define a good work-life balance?
Posted by: in General work pimpsLast week, I asked readers how they defined a good work-life balance. Here are their answers:
Jean Murray from Small Business Boomers defined a good balance to be a four-day workweek. According to Jean, this allows her to “get all the ’stuff’ (groceries, laundry, cleaning) done in one day and still have two to do what I want.”
Ren Garcia from Bookkeeping Solver shared a list criteria for her dream job, which included enough income to pay for her obligations and retirement, pleasant coworkers, ample free time, carries some prestige, and makes a difference. Ren states that “If the dream job has stress within in tolerable / manageable limits, then I will have reached a Work - Life balance.”
For me, a good work-life balance means something simple: to work to support my life, and not the other way around. I don’t want to use my life to support my work, I want to use my work so I have the ability to live my life in the way I want it. If I have the ability to do this, then I have good work-life balance.
What’s a good work-life balance for you?
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