Comments on: The Curse of Work Life Balance http://alidavies.com/curse-work-life-balance/ Design Life and Business on your own terms. Sat, 28 Jan 2012 07:21:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: Ali Davies http://alidavies.com/curse-work-life-balance/comment-page-1/#comment-402 Ali Davies Fri, 07 May 2010 19:23:18 +0000 http://alidavies.com/?p=762#comment-402 Sharon, you put it beautifully. You hit it spot on when you say "you can't measure it". Those feelings are priceless. It is the taste of real freedom and living life on your own terms - not dancing to the tune of others. Enjoy the transition. As you say, you are well past the most difficult bit and that is taking that first leap. Thanks for sharing your perspective Sharon. Sharon, you put it beautifully. You hit it spot on when you say “you can't measure it”. Those feelings are priceless. It is the taste of real freedom and living life on your own terms – not dancing to the tune of others. Enjoy the transition. As you say, you are well past the most difficult bit and that is taking that first leap. Thanks for sharing your perspective Sharon.

]]> By: Sharon Hearty http://alidavies.com/curse-work-life-balance/comment-page-1/#comment-401 Sharon Hearty Fri, 07 May 2010 19:13:03 +0000 http://alidavies.com/?p=762#comment-401 Hi Ali, this is so true and for those who are on the fence or indeed perhaps procrastinating about change (and we all do this) to do what you really want and fight for it - when you start to see it coming true you just can't measure it, it is so amazing and the happiness it brings is something you only dreamed about. I did this about two years ago - stepped off the high powered corporate ladder and with my family made one of the biggest and radical changes of our lives. We are still in a transition and will be for a while longer but you know it is so worth it and the happiness is huge. The first step is the hardest, the rest of the steps well you are on your road to the happiness you want - and it takes work but lovely work to get there. Hi Ali, this is so true and for those who are on the fence or indeed perhaps procrastinating about change (and we all do this) to do what you really want and fight for it – when you start to see it coming true you just can't measure it, it is so amazing and the happiness it brings is something you only dreamed about. I did this about two years ago – stepped off the high powered corporate ladder and with my family made one of the biggest and radical changes of our lives. We are still in a transition and will be for a while longer but you know it is so worth it and the happiness is huge. The first step is the hardest, the rest of the steps well you are on your road to the happiness you want – and it takes work but lovely work to get there.

]]> By: Ali Davies http://alidavies.com/curse-work-life-balance/comment-page-1/#comment-279 Ali Davies Fri, 07 May 2010 18:23:18 +0000 http://alidavies.com/?p=762#comment-279 Sharon, you put it beautifully. You hit it spot on when you say "you can't measure it". Those feelings are priceless. It is the taste of real freedom and living life on your own terms - not dancing to the tune of others. Enjoy the transition. As you say, you are well past the most difficult bit and that is taking that first leap. Thanks for sharing your perspective Sharon. Sharon, you put it beautifully. You hit it spot on when you say “you can't measure it”. Those feelings are priceless. It is the taste of real freedom and living life on your own terms – not dancing to the tune of others. Enjoy the transition. As you say, you are well past the most difficult bit and that is taking that first leap. Thanks for sharing your perspective Sharon.

]]> By: Sharon Hearty http://alidavies.com/curse-work-life-balance/comment-page-1/#comment-278 Sharon Hearty Fri, 07 May 2010 18:13:03 +0000 http://alidavies.com/?p=762#comment-278 Hi Ali, this is so true and for those who are on the fence or indeed perhaps procrastinating about change (and we all do this) to do what you really want and fight for it - when you start to see it coming true you just can't measure it, it is so amazing and the happiness it brings is something you only dreamed about. I did this about two years ago - stepped off the high powered corporate ladder and with my family made one of the biggest and radical changes of our lives. We are still in a transition and will be for a while longer but you know it is so worth it and the happiness is huge. The first step is the hardest, the rest of the steps well you are on your road to the happiness you want - and it takes work but lovely work to get there. Hi Ali, this is so true and for those who are on the fence or indeed perhaps procrastinating about change (and we all do this) to do what you really want and fight for it – when you start to see it coming true you just can't measure it, it is so amazing and the happiness it brings is something you only dreamed about. I did this about two years ago – stepped off the high powered corporate ladder and with my family made one of the biggest and radical changes of our lives. We are still in a transition and will be for a while longer but you know it is so worth it and the happiness is huge. The first step is the hardest, the rest of the steps well you are on your road to the happiness you want – and it takes work but lovely work to get there.

]]> By: Christine Livingston http://alidavies.com/curse-work-life-balance/comment-page-1/#comment-273 Christine Livingston Thu, 06 May 2010 16:09:58 +0000 http://alidavies.com/?p=762#comment-273 Hi Ali<br><br>I couldn't agree more with you here. The idea of "work life balance" comes from the corporate world. It was something that was dreamt up there, appearing to give people some permission that other things in life could be as important as work. Sadly, as you rightly say, the idea just puts work into conflict with life. We need to consider that we are living whole lives of which work is an important but not exclusive aspect.<br><br>Looking forward to more of your series! Hi Ali

I couldn't agree more with you here. The idea of “work life balance” comes from the corporate world. It was something that was dreamt up there, appearing to give people some permission that other things in life could be as important as work. Sadly, as you rightly say, the idea just puts work into conflict with life. We need to consider that we are living whole lives of which work is an important but not exclusive aspect.

Looking forward to more of your series!

]]> By: Ali Davies http://alidavies.com/curse-work-life-balance/comment-page-1/#comment-272 Ali Davies Tue, 04 May 2010 16:20:53 +0000 http://alidavies.com/?p=762#comment-272 Barney, that is one of the things I see that really gets in the way for a lot of people - they look at something big they want to achieve, it feels overwhelming and they end up with bunny in the headlights syndrome and do nothing. Breaking things down into baby steps is very powerful in breaking this pattern. A question I find useful to ask myself when doing this is "what is the next most important thing?" Helps identify they baby steps and move in the right direction. <br>In relation to what you said about mindset - this is absolutely key. Mindset has a huge impact on our success. Understanding the mindset you will need to achieve your goals and fostering that mindset is a must. Thanks for dropping by Barney. Appreciate your input. Barney, that is one of the things I see that really gets in the way for a lot of people – they look at something big they want to achieve, it feels overwhelming and they end up with bunny in the headlights syndrome and do nothing. Breaking things down into baby steps is very powerful in breaking this pattern. A question I find useful to ask myself when doing this is “what is the next most important thing?” Helps identify they baby steps and move in the right direction.
In relation to what you said about mindset – this is absolutely key. Mindset has a huge impact on our success. Understanding the mindset you will need to achieve your goals and fostering that mindset is a must. Thanks for dropping by Barney. Appreciate your input.

]]> By: Barney Austen http://alidavies.com/curse-work-life-balance/comment-page-1/#comment-271 Barney Austen Tue, 04 May 2010 15:58:33 +0000 http://alidavies.com/?p=762#comment-271 Hello Ali. Another post with more than one handy tip! <br><br>I think the key, as you point out, is identifying baby steps a.k.a. realistic goals and objectives. If people try and leap from one to the other with no plan, things can go badly wrong along the way and they could end up more stressed out and fed up than they are now. <br><br>I adopted the second approach about a year ago and it's starting to gel nicely now. It did require a significant mind-set change and this is possibly where the biggest challenge is, understanding the mind-set change needed and being able to see it through. <br><br>Thanks for sharing. Hello Ali. Another post with more than one handy tip!

I think the key, as you point out, is identifying baby steps a.k.a. realistic goals and objectives. If people try and leap from one to the other with no plan, things can go badly wrong along the way and they could end up more stressed out and fed up than they are now.

I adopted the second approach about a year ago and it's starting to gel nicely now. It did require a significant mind-set change and this is possibly where the biggest challenge is, understanding the mind-set change needed and being able to see it through.

Thanks for sharing.

]]> By: Ali Davies http://alidavies.com/curse-work-life-balance/comment-page-1/#comment-270 Ali Davies Tue, 04 May 2010 14:04:26 +0000 http://alidavies.com/?p=762#comment-270 Julie, you are most welcome. I am so pleased you find the posts useful. Julie, you are most welcome. I am so pleased you find the posts useful.

]]> By: juliewalraven http://alidavies.com/curse-work-life-balance/comment-page-1/#comment-268 juliewalraven Tue, 04 May 2010 13:54:07 +0000 http://alidavies.com/?p=762#comment-268 I think that I am moving that way this year, Ali. I'm not quite there yet but I definitely have cleared my plate and am sorting through what is important to me. Thanks for always making me think. I think that I am moving that way this year, Ali. I'm not quite there yet but I definitely have cleared my plate and am sorting through what is important to me. Thanks for always making me think.

]]> By: Ali Davies http://alidavies.com/curse-work-life-balance/comment-page-1/#comment-269 Ali Davies Tue, 04 May 2010 13:53:47 +0000 http://alidavies.com/?p=762#comment-269 Jane, you are spot on, it really does transform all areas of you life if you focus on exactly what you want and how you want things to be. Great to hear it worked for you too. Thanks for dropping by. Jane, you are spot on, it really does transform all areas of you life if you focus on exactly what you want and how you want things to be. Great to hear it worked for you too. Thanks for dropping by.

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