{"id":5261,"date":"2017-06-13T10:16:06","date_gmt":"2017-06-13T10:16:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/focusme.com\/?p=5261"},"modified":"2025-02-13T10:54:54","modified_gmt":"2025-02-13T10:54:54","slug":"achieve-work-life-balance-digital-world","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/focusme.com\/es\/blog\/achieve-work-life-balance-digital-world\/","title":{"rendered":"7 Steps to Bring Your Work-Life Balance into Sync"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t
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According to\u00a0Steven Covey<\/a>, author of\u00a0The Seven Habits of Highly Effective People<\/em>, \u201cmost of us spend too much time on what is urgent and not enough time on what is important\u201d.<\/p>

It is too easy to forget that there is a difference.<\/p>

Just because we (or our bosses) \u00a0perceive something as being urgent, does not mean that is important to our well-being, or that we need to prioritize it over other, seemingly less urgent things in our lives.<\/p>

To live a happy and fulfilling life we need to achieve a work-life balance, particularly in this modern digital world.<\/p>

Some people describe themselves as workaholics and wear that title as a badge of honor.<\/p>

Yet, is there really any great prestige from being a workaholic? There are many former workaholics who woke up one day, alone, unhappy, unhealthy, and still feeling dissatisfied with their work performance.<\/p>

There are nearly as many who simply didn\u2019t wake up from the heart attacks and strokes that were their reward for their relentless hour\u00a0after hour\u00a0of service to their work, and who were not around to see themselves replaced by another drone lacking a true work-life balance.<\/p>

This digital age we now live in has made the situation worse. Once upon a time, you finished work at 5 p.m., came home, spent time\u00a0with your family and friends, slept, and didn\u2019t think about work again until 8 a.m. the next morning.<\/p>

Now most of us carry mobile devices where we can be contacted at any time of the day or night. We relentlessly check for \u201cjust one more email\u201d and we exacerbate the situation by actively spending too much time on social media. The 8-hour workday has stretched to 24-hour availability for many workers, and they don\u2019t even realize it.<\/p>

Nigel Marsh makes some interesting reflections on our lack of work-life balance in his\u00a0TED talk<\/span>\u00a0on How to Make Work-Life Balance Work.<\/p>

One of his most interesting observations is that he puts the onus squarely on us to solve our work-life balance. \u201cWe have to be responsible for setting and enforcing the boundaries we want in our life\u201d, he tells us. We can\u2019t blame our employers for interrupting our evenings if we instantly reply to their texts or emails.<\/p>