What’s your ideal work life balance? No one can answer this for you, but it’s easy to look at everyone else around you and wonder if you’re getting it right.
For me, it simply comes down to your priorities. The right work life balance for you is going to involve a combination of happiness and ambition.
Ask yourself:
- Do you feel like you spend all your time working?
- Or are you not busy enough? Are you bored often?
- Do you feel fulfilled in both your work and social life?
- Do you make enough money to do the things you want to do outside of work? Do you have TIME to do them?
- If not, why not?
Whether you work in an office, for yourself, on the road, at a desk, or even don’t work at all, comparing yourself to the people around you is a complete waste of time. The only thing that matters when it comes to looking at your own work life balance is what your own priorities are.
What’s important to you?
And is the lifestyle you’re leading at the moment ticking those boxes?
What lifestyle do you want for yourself?
It’s no good dreaming about making a ton of money but only putting in enough effort to tide yourself over from month to month. You might have a great “work life balance” but actually still not be achieving what you want out of life.
For me, I knew that if I wanted to live a certain kind of lifestyle, there was no shortcut to get there. I prioritised working hard and putting in the effort needed to get what I wanted.
There were times when to an outsider, it might have looked like I had absolutely no ‘work life balance’. However, at the time, it was right for me to work crazy hours and deal with insane amounts of stress because I knew that it would ultimately pay off.
It’s personal
On the flip side, you might someone who actually wants to prioritise your time with family, your fitness, or your hobby. In this case, why on earth are you making yourself miserable working all hours and missing out on what’s actually more important to you?!
There is no right or wrong answer here. You just have to be honest with yourself. Are your expectations for your life matching up to the reality you’ve made for yourself? If not, who do you think is going to come along and change it for you? The answer, of course, is ABSOLUTELY NO ONE BUT YOU!
it’s your Choice
We all have a choice when it comes to how much effort you put in. You can’t always control everything going on around you. But you can recognise if being successful in your business is something that’s important to you. It might be because of certain financial goals you have, or because of some target or result that you want to achieve for its own sake, or you just always had a lifelong dream of being your own boss and in charge of your own time. GET THE BALANCE RIGHT to make it happen!
We all get the same number of hours in each day. What you choose to prioritise – and it is always a choice – is going to determine the results you get.
If you’re serious about prioritising making your business a success and need funding to make it happen, I can help.
Get in touch if you have a pitch or idea for how to grow your business, and let’s talk!
