Ok, so you’ve got your freedom and work for yourself but are you starting to find it’s all work and no play?
Increasingly and particularly for freelancers and contractors projects often exceed initial expectations, or the drought of the early years has instilled a ‘grab it while you can’ mentality and there is simply too much to do!
What happens is that work spills into evenings and then weekends and before you know it, you have no life at all and your friends have almost forgotten who you are!
Is there another way? Well yes, over time experience helps you to pretty accurately gauge project size and not take too much on but there’s also some merit in replacing a few of those work goals with life goals. A few examples?
- One afternoon off a week
- 2 sessions at the gym per week
- Learn to meditate
- Run the marathon
Could that old adage of ‘there’s more to life than work’ be ringing a bell as you read this?
This new section of Freelance Advisor promises to challenge your over work-cooked mind and help you to start looking at the possibilities at obtaining that true Nirvana; a work / life balance!
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3 responses so far ↓
1 jonty tacon // May 19, 2008 at 12:23 pm
I have direct experience of this problem… the best thing to do is not to work from home.
Being able to ’shut the door’ on work at the end of the day is really important. Renting a desk in a busy studio or office can make a real difference.
2 Stuart // May 19, 2008 at 12:24 pm
I Agree, i manage to train 4 times a week , this gives me a really good work/life balance. Work is much more enjoyable if you feel fit and healthy.
Don’t put the TV on when you get home after work, go to the gym or go for a run instead. You will feel much better for it.
3 Henry Roy // May 19, 2008 at 1:11 pm
I find the gym an excellent way to switch off from email and the phone ringing.
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