How to Achieve a Healthy Work-Life Balance

Kathy shares questions you can ask to help you formulate strategies to achieve balance in your personal and professional life: https://www.govloop.com/profiles/blogs/balancing-act

Pat offers some tips for managing a full workload and asks for your work-life balance tips: https://www.govloop.com/profiles/blogs/calendar-full-some-ideas-to-manage-a-full-workload-and-stay-produ

David asks if female feds can have it all: https://www.govloop.com/profiles/blogs/can-female-feds-have-it-all

Has anyone here used FMLA? Could you share your experience with Jo? https://www.govloop.com/profiles/blogs/fmla-and-the-public-sector

I like this suggestion. I had never really considered blocking off the morning hours when I’m feeling my most energized and productive for the important meetings, projects, etc. Great idea! Around 2:00, I start winding down energy-wise. Sounds like there are quite a few of us morning people around (smile).

How do you achieve balance in your life? One part is probably claiming the morning for the most important things, as Lauren Modeen suggests in this conversation starter:
https://www.govloop.com/profiles/blogs/scheduling-your-day-most-impo…

Great post on the federal work place being the hub for employee health in both body and mind: https://www.govloop.com/profiles/blogs/the-buddha-and-the-bureaucrat

This post by Charles Ray (Ambassador to Zimbabwe) was practically written for this group! https://www.govloop.com/profiles/blogs/worklife-balance

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The post by Doris Tirone is inspirational — thanks for sharing!

Nice post by Doris Tirone – Diary of a Great Employee:
https://www.govloop.com/profiles/blogs/diary-of-a-great-employee

Great comment John! Sounds as if you know how to achieve a healthy-work life balance. There usually aren’t too many problems that can’t be turned off at the end of the day. Who knows, if you wait 10 minutes, maybe they won’t be problems anymore (smile).

Recently, I’ve put in place the 10-minute rule. I don’t take any action for at least 10 minutes. That’s really hard for me as I’m an impulsive, “do it now” kind of person. Inevitably, if I wait the requisite 10 minutes, the problem I have in front of me often resolves itself or goes away completely. This rule works equally well at home and at work.

Stress is like a glass of water.

A lecturer when explaining stress management to an audience, raised a glass of water and asked, “How heavy is this glass of water?”

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