How to Maintain a Work-Life Balance

Many factors contribute to personal happiness, but one of the most important is maintaining a steady work-life balance. In other words, you need to be able to balance your work and personal lives, which means ensuring work does not take over your life.

So how do you do this? How do you ensure you excel at work, without it taking over your life?

Tips for Maintaining a Healthy Work-Life Balance:

The following five tips will help you ensure you maintain a healthy work-life balance:

• Stay Organized: Staying organized will help you keep track of your tasks and prioritize your time, so you can make sure you complete your work in a timely manner. This will help you avoid having to stay late at work, which only harms your personal life. Staying organized will also help you keep track of the level of work you take on so you do not take on more than you can handle.

• Only Work During Working Hours: Forcing yourself to only work during working hours will allow you to enjoy your personal life during evenings and weekends. You will of course have to sometimes work odd hours if there is an emergency. But in general, if you only allow yourself to work during the work day, you will allow yourself to have a life outside work.

• Don’t Try to Do Everything: While you want to impress your boss and colleagues, trying to do everything will only stress you out and force you to work long hours and sacrifice your personal life. Instead, play to your strengths and impress through what you are best at.

• Prioritize Exercise: By prioritizing exercise as a part of your daily routine, you force yourself to take a break from work to focus on an important aspect of your personal life. Make exercise goals for yourself and stick to them. Moreover, if you stay active, you will be healthier and more likely to perform better at work. So, prioritizing exercise will help you maintain a healthy work-life balance and improve your performance at work.

• Take Vacation: Taking vacation is another great way to force yourself to take a break from work and focus on your personal happiness. You have paid vacation days, so use them! Not only will vacation allow you to balance your work and personal lives, but it will allow you to return to work afterwards with more energy and a higher level of happiness, so you will be more likely to be even more productive.

There are many more tactics you can use to effectively balance your work and personal lives. For more tips, check out this article from the Mayo Clinic titled, “Work-Life Balance: Tips to Reclaim Control.”

About the Author -- Joshua Ferdman

Joshua Ferdman is a Los Angeles-based entrepreneur, specializing in technology, finance, and real estate. He started working in the mortgage business at the age of 16 and hasn't stopped since. Joshua always said that the most important job you can ever have is phone sales. He writes about entrepreneurship, leadership, and succeeding in the professional world.