Work life balance is all about prioritizing between one’s work and lifestyle. In a way, on how one can strike a perfect balance between one’s professional and personal life.
In today’s era, things are dynamic; almost everything needs to be available on the go or 24*7, it becomes all the more significant for the professionals to ensure a perfect work-life balance to avoid unwanted chaos, exertion, stress and exasperation in life.
Work-life conflict is not gender specific or age specific. In terms of India’s demographic trend, 65% of the current population is youth, i.e., between the age of 18-35, who is highly aggressive, extremely professional and have an adrenaline rush in them. At the same time, it’s this age where you tend to settle down in life, begin building your lifestyle in terms of your family commitment and start pursuing the lifestyle dreams and so on. I believe, that there should be some laws governing the aspects of maximum hours of work you can put in for office in order to avoid all such imperfect work life balance, because this is something which many people miss in their life without realizing the benefits associated with it or how a healthy work-life balance can make your life beautiful in so many ways. And this becomes all the more important when you are working as one of the top-most echelons of an organization and also in a family business set-up where one has different members of the family associated with the organization or the group. In my case, when it comes to the former, you have to be accessible 24*7 for your team to ensure that they can have respite in any situation because at such position, things come to you when it matters the most.
And when you have different family members associated with your business or reporting structure, you always need to be cautious and a bit careful in terms of not mixing up your professional life and personal life because at the end of the day be it at home or office, you are dealing with the same set of people. In a way, one needs to segregate their disposable pleasures with meaningful pursuits. I always prefer to keep it very simple because I fall in both the categories enumerated in the paragraph above. And it is not always about you, it’s about your life partner as well who should be equally supportive of you in terms of the understanding of the work, of your travel schedule or being available 24 x 7 to your peers or subordinates. Moreover, I always ensure that what needs to be done at the office should be done in the office rather than carrying the baggage back home.
It’s better to have “Chinese walls” at home to avoid conflicts or unwanted interference in your professional life. There are many ways in which one can achieve the work-life balance; it can be any form of meditation or by giving time to yourself or pursue your hobbies or your leisure interest levels. To surmise, yes, one needs to have a perfect and a healthy work-life balance which is not an insurmountable task and can be achieved with some smartness and prioritization of your work and leisure.
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