Comments on: Acheiving Work Life Balance http://www.bluelimemedia.com/2008/05/27/acheiving-work-life-balance/ Custom WordPress Development Fri, 10 Feb 2012 01:06:38 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Christine http://www.bluelimemedia.com/2008/05/27/acheiving-work-life-balance/#comment-95 Christine Mon, 09 Jun 2008 16:52:44 +0000 http://www.bluelimemedia.com/?p=350#comment-95 Thanks for the comments Isabelle and Mhairi. I agree with you 100%. I no longer do emails on the weekend. I used to think that I was catching up, but I found that just checking my email and reading one or two that weren't pleasant just ruined my weekend. I keep reading all over the web about people having trouble saying no. I think that there is a need for some sort of help/training/course on how to achieve this.... Thanks for the comments Isabelle and Mhairi. I agree with you 100%. I no longer do emails on the weekend. I used to think that I was catching up, but I found that just checking my email and reading one or two that weren’t pleasant just ruined my weekend.

I keep reading all over the web about people having trouble saying no. I think that there is a need for some sort of help/training/course on how to achieve this….

]]> By: Isabelle http://www.bluelimemedia.com/2008/05/27/acheiving-work-life-balance/#comment-94 Isabelle Mon, 09 Jun 2008 16:38:06 +0000 http://www.bluelimemedia.com/?p=350#comment-94 Taking time away from it all regularly is one of the key to better work/life balance. Here are some other key elements that have worked wonders for Margarita and I. 1. Know what your NON-NEGOTIABLES are and learn to SAY NO. 2. Make sure that you have a daily "winning routine"...learn what makes you sharp and keeps you sharp and again...lean to SAY NO. 3. Create and implement seasonal rules...for example, we are starting a "NO EMAIL AFTER 4PM" for the summer. It really has us pack up early to go and enjoy the outdoors, go walk the dog, do things that inspires and that are non work related. I am 100 times more cre8ive and effective since I've started to "unplug" daily and booking myself regular vacations away from it all. Try it and see for yourself. It is truly the key to success...while enjoying the journey. Isabelle ;-) Taking time away from it all regularly is one of the key to better work/life balance. Here are some other key elements that have worked wonders for Margarita and I.
1. Know what your NON-NEGOTIABLES are and learn to SAY NO.
2. Make sure that you have a daily “winning routine”…learn what makes you sharp and keeps you sharp and again…lean to SAY NO.
3. Create and implement seasonal rules…for example, we are starting a “NO EMAIL AFTER 4PM” for the summer. It really has us pack up early to go and enjoy the outdoors, go walk the dog, do things that inspires and that are non work related.

I am 100 times more cre8ive and effective since I’ve started to “unplug” daily and booking myself regular vacations away from it all. Try it and see for yourself. It is truly the key to success…while enjoying the journey.

Isabelle ;-)

]]> By: Mhairi http://www.bluelimemedia.com/2008/05/27/acheiving-work-life-balance/#comment-93 Mhairi Thu, 05 Jun 2008 18:29:41 +0000 http://www.bluelimemedia.com/?p=350#comment-93 Its very important to get away from it all from time to time but it also important to try to find a way to have little oases every day. Its very important to get away from it all from time to time but it also important to try to find a way to have little oases every day.

]]> By: Christine http://www.bluelimemedia.com/2008/05/27/acheiving-work-life-balance/#comment-92 Christine Mon, 02 Jun 2008 15:22:26 +0000 http://www.bluelimemedia.com/?p=350#comment-92 A cabana in Cuba does sound like heaven. I'm thinking that I might be ready to push it a bit further and thinking of booking myself in an Ashram where silence is required for a week. I think that would be the ultimate. All alone with my thoughts.... Not sure if I'll come back more relaxed or insane! A cabana in Cuba does sound like heaven.

I’m thinking that I might be ready to push it a bit further and thinking of booking myself in an Ashram where silence is required for a week. I think that would be the ultimate. All alone with my thoughts…. Not sure if I’ll come back more relaxed or insane!

]]> By: Ruth Seeley http://www.bluelimemedia.com/2008/05/27/acheiving-work-life-balance/#comment-91 Ruth Seeley Fri, 30 May 2008 19:02:29 +0000 http://www.bluelimemedia.com/?p=350#comment-91 After working in high tech PR just as the boom was peaking, I noticed after a couple of years that I hadn't gone for longer than 24 hours without email/internet access for something like two years, so I started doing precisely what you've just done - structuring vacations that meant I not only couldn't 'check in' but wouldn't even want to. There's something truly lovely up getting up at sunrise and going to bed at sunset (in the summer anyway). And if other people don't think your vacation is exciting - well - it's not <i>their</i> vacation, is it? A woman I know from Toronto told me once that every year she went to Cuba for a week to a place that had individual cabanas and hammocks. She'd take seven books and read one a day. Sounded like heaven to me. After working in high tech PR just as the boom was peaking, I noticed after a couple of years that I hadn’t gone for longer than 24 hours without email/internet access for something like two years, so I started doing precisely what you’ve just done – structuring vacations that meant I not only couldn’t ‘check in’ but wouldn’t even want to. There’s something truly lovely up getting up at sunrise and going to bed at sunset (in the summer anyway). And if other people don’t think your vacation is exciting – well – it’s not their vacation, is it? A woman I know from Toronto told me once that every year she went to Cuba for a week to a place that had individual cabanas and hammocks. She’d take seven books and read one a day. Sounded like heaven to me.

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