Way to Have a Work Life Balance

In this hectic world, it is sometimes hard to find that wonderful balance where you feel like you actually have a life and are able to maintain a job that can support that life. There are several ways to go about this problem. You can separate, integrate, or cycle. If separating your life into compartments can work for you, you could choose specific hours for work and specific hours for home, and make an agreement with both your boss and family to adhere to the schedule. This way everyone knows what to expect and everyone will be taken care of. If that does not work for you, you could blend work and life but you have to make sure that everyones needs are taken care of. For some jobs such as software development or web development, it will work. If neither of those work for you, you could follow a more traditional model: work hard and play hard. You might cycle through phases of intense work but then you on vacation and completely unplug. Some of the problems come into play when your style of work clashes with your bosses style even though they achieve the same ends. This is something to be discussed and agreed upon beforehand.