How to Find Your Work-Life Balance

 

Circle game.

 

Speaking of childhood metaphors, we have never understood the see-saw idea of work-life “balance”—as if they are each meant to consume exactly half of your overall being. We’re more putafinerpointonit people. An exercise we return to again and again is the “wheel of life” from high performance coach Cathryn Carruthers. By examining 10 facets of your life and work, and by measuring your fulfillment on each, you can ascertain whether you’ve got balance in check. You can google sleuth images of the wheel—it’s actually a widely used tool—but we’re partial to the same idea in the form of Cathryn’s simple spreadsheet. Do it once, then do it again—it’s great to see your progress over time. Now your wheels are turning (we couldn’t resist).

 

 

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