Why work-life balance is important

Hey hey.

See how cool life is... when i ask for a downpour, its drizzle. Today i asked for a sunny day but heavy downpour.. Anyway i like it the both way.

Today I read an article by Ms Joanne Chua. Joanne Chua is the manager of Robert Walters Singapore - Human Resources Specialist recruitment division.
Why i choose to write this here because .... hopefully to pass the "messages" to some of my friends or people who did not have the chance to read the article.
Anyway i guess those that always do not have time or are always busy, would not even read what I am writing here. :P Pass the messages across to your friends if they are one of them.

Ms Chua mentions that as an employee, is necessary to understand the impact of imbalanced lifestyle.

What happens when work takes over your life.
1. You feel less fulfilled
When your life gets thrown off balance, you start having doubts about work and may find yourself asking if is exactly the kind of life you want. You will feel that is harder to meet the increasing demands of work and life and time is never enough. Feel frustrated and confused because you have not only lost control of your life, you are unable to see an exit to the situation.
She said hence is important for people to have equal enjoyment in the other aspect of life to maintain a healthy equilibrium.
2. You suffer from fatigue
When work begins to take priority over other aspects of your life, you take away time needed for you to rest and unwind. You will start to burn yourself out in the long run, damaging your body more than you realise. Leading to stress, migraines, etc....Eventually ending up feeling even more stressed than ever, create a ripple effect that spills over personal lives and relationships.
3.You have no time for anyone or anything else
You only have 24hours in a day. Spending more time at work naturally means you would have less time with other people. When you do not manage your time well, you will find yourself too exhausted to do anything else, absented yourself from occasions which seek your time and attention. As work demands eat away your leisure time, resentment and aversion start to build up. Many people do not see it. You may even be easily annoyed or irritated by friends and family as you feel that they do not understand what you are going through. Over time the quality of relationships with you loved ones would undoubtedly deteriorate.

What can you do to restore the balance.
- Learn to gain control of your life y sticking to one task at a time.
- Instead of trying to do everything at once, switching between tasks, priorities and work on the more important tasks first, spreading the rest of the work over a manageable timeline.
- Taking time off helps you to recharge and gets you prepared for further challenges at work.

Ms Chua mentions that is not easy to achieve work-life balance nowadays as people are constantly pushed to work faster and harder. However the challenge is to take a proactive stance and do something with your life before is too late.

Roberts Walters is a leading global recruitment consultancy specialising in placing high calibre professionals into permanent, contract and temp positions at all management levels.

Is really a great article from MS Chua. I would said time management is a really important in life. Is not easy to manage time, but is possible. Even an unemployed person like me would find that is hard to manage time. Just like right now i got to sign off this posting otherwise i will be late for my meeting. I would also wish that time would not go so fast at least i could write another posting. But that is life and that is time.

Hope that i would have time to write tonight. Have a good evening.

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