Secret Ingredient Of A Purposeful Life WorkLife Balance

“You can have it all. You just can’t have it all at once.”

– Oprah Winfrey

How hard can attaining work life balance be when we have 168 hours in a week?

Suppose if people get the recommended 8 hours of sleep per night, they will have 112 awake hours, with nearly 30% of those hours spent at work. Now, while this may appear to be a negligible rate, other factors like a two-way commute, overtime, and out-of-office team building activities or events can eat into the remaining time. As a result, it’s no surprise to see how much work creeps into our daily life.

Balancing work with other duties, as well as the much-needed ‘time-out,’ has grown increasingly difficult since the widespread acceptance of remote work over the past year.

According to a survey done by the British Mental Health Foundation, 40% of respondents said work caused them to overlook other elements of their lives. Increasing their susceptibility to mental health issues, burnout causing them to miss work and, in some cases, forcing them to resign.