Comments on: The Quest For a Balanced Life

By: tigernicole86

tigernicole86 — Sun, 09 Jan 2011 17:37:38 +0000

I’ll be honest. I don’t have a good work/life balance because of some of the pressure that is put on us to get EVERYTHING done in the 8 hours we have because we’re not allowed overtime and they really don’t like us to take sick time or vacation(not that they can stop me if all I’m going to do is make really good friends with my trash can. For a while when things were really crazy and they had just laid off a lot of people, I would go home thinking, “crap, I never got this done for that person.”

By: faithfueledbennetts

faithfueledbennetts — Sun, 09 Jan 2011 15:31:36 +0000

I agree that goals have a lot to do with balance. Yes, as our goals change in life, we may feel the need to sacrifice more, putting our lives off balance temporarily for a better cause. As long as you can keep a clear healthy perspective and keep yourself in check, a little unbalance is ok. If we never experienced the life of overachiever, whether by watching or being one, we may not appreciate the balance in our own lives.

By: Greag

Greag — Tue, 15 Jun 2010 12:05:11 +0000

The take-away from this is you can not have it all.

By: Kim at MMI

Kim at MMI — Fri, 11 Jun 2010 15:21:21 +0000

Hi Flexo- Great article.

I think time is a lot like money. When you use it one place, you can’t use it somewhere else. It’s about making choices based on your own personal values. I think that anyone who spends their time and money doing what is important to them is a world-class achiever!

By: savvysavingbytes

savvysavingbytes — Fri, 11 Jun 2010 14:27:58 +0000

Another reason some people spend so much time on their work or their business or sport or talent is that they love it so much and would rather spend time doing the thing they love rather than anything else. They work not so much for the result and achievement as for work itself. Such as a painter who paints not because he’s going to sell a painting for a bundle, but because of the fun and challenge and thrill of creating it.

By: Financial Samurai

Financial Samurai — Fri, 11 Jun 2010 14:18:29 +0000

Good point on this on Flexo! If you want to be the best at your occupation, independet or otherwise, there’s not going to be balance at all.

Balance is sought for someone too unbalanced and going overboard.

Cheers, Sam

By: Peggy

Peggy — Fri, 11 Jun 2010 13:21:03 +0000

I’d suggest that balance, besides being individual for everyone as Kevin says, might also extend to an entire LIFETIME, not just a day or a week or a month. That start-up business owner may spend every waking minute for months to get his business off the ground, but once that’s done, he may be able to rearrange his schedule so that he has more leisure time.

And, of course, if you love what you’re doing, you probably don’t care too much about balancing it out with other things that you don’t love as much. Which plays back into the individual nature of it all.

By: Kevin

Kevin — Fri, 11 Jun 2010 00:36:34 +0000

Work/life balance is different for everybody. Trying to find that balance is a journey through different jobs that demand different things from you. Perhaps the journey will lead you to a life where you make your own time, Entrepreneurship. That’s where I hope my journey ends up.

By: Dr Dean

Dr Dean — Thu, 10 Jun 2010 21:28:26 +0000

I agree that balance is essential.

Now some decide that balance to them means, when off work, plopping in front of the TV, for “Family Time”. That may be Laziness, rather than “balance”.

You can be busy doing things outside of work, that may provide balance-hobbies, charity work, and REAL family time….

By: allan jacobson

allan jacobson — Thu, 10 Jun 2010 15:10:08 +0000

My one suggestion is to shop and purchase for need rather than want when possible.Moderation in every thing including moderation itself.