Real riches come from being able to maintain balance in your personal and professional life. It is vital to create a balance to your work and life. Having one without the other makes it incomplete. To be able to life a truly fulfilling life is to be able to achieve a state of equilibrium. Here are 7 Solutions to help you create a sense of work and life balance.
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7 SOLUTIONS TO CREATE WORK/LIFE BALANCE
Hello and Welcome! This is Victoria Ter from VictoriaTerLifestyle.com, the place where you will learn how to build, grow, and create a wildly profitable and successful Online business and be on your way to becoming the Ultimate Lifestyle Entrepreneur! Okay Now let’s dive in, to today’s Episode.
First let me ask you a Question? Are you a workaholic because you are so focused on your work that you can’t seem to step away? Are your friends and family blowing your phone up because they can’t reach you? Are you doing nothing but work, meaning no social gatherings, no time to eat right or exercise?
If so you are on a slippery slope of burning out real fast! I’m Victoria Ter, and I’m a workaholic! I have been working non stop for the past 8 months, barely seeing anyone or doing anything other than work! However in the past few weeks, I’ve been doing a massive shift in my work life and my personal life, so that I CAN experience a life…The shift has been phenomenal for me personally and believe it or not, professionally. Stepping back and creating just a little bit of balance has actually fueled my creativity and allowed me to become more efficient and productive, rather than run myself thin!
In today’s episode, I’m going to be sharing with you my Top 7 Tips for escaping the zone of workaholics, so that you can experience more balance in your healthiness, happiness and Creativity in your life. I get it, hard work is valued in our society and is a necessity to take our business to the next level, and we are rewarded handsomely for it, but as home business owners and entrepreneurs, we also need to understand that if we don’t take care of ourselves and balance our work and Play, we may soon have nothing left in our life except our work. Our friends will be gone, our family won’t recognize us, and we won’t remember what it’s like to have some fun and loosen up and that defeats the whole purpose of getting into our own business to begin with. We are in this business so that we not only have financial freedom, but time Freedom right? So …are you feeling overwelmed and worn out?
I bet you are…
Well then Let’s begin with the 7 solutions. !
Solution #1 – Create a Schedule! – I know I know, it’s tedious in the beginning, but once you get into a regime, it will save you so much time! So that you don’t have to think about what you need to do, you just dive right into what you have to do…how many of us spend countless hours just thinking about what we are suppose to do, going through our checklist, having various checklist on different notebooks and sticky notes everywhere and not know where to really even start! You’ve got to create a Schedule of what you Daily Method of Operation will be, I know you’ve heard a lot about that….and each day may be different, so you might want to plan out for your first month, but you can start with your first week. Some projects may take longer than others, and some task may be something you have to repeat on a daily, but you don’t want to miss it because of all the distractions that you have. For Example, for me, Every sunday I spend an hour scheduling my post out to various social media platforms so that I can keep up with my audience and not lose touch with them. I schedule as many as I can in that hour, and I repeat this on a weekly basis, I have post that are schedule out two months in advance. These are usually post that are inspiring. As for my content, I create my content and have it scheduled out about a week, because those take a little longer to develop. And then I insert some live content in between, about three times a week. So scheduling is very important so that you can stay consistent without having to be consistent. You also have to schedule in non-negotiable fun activities around your working hours. You don’t have to work 10 hours straight but schedule other life activities in, and stay in that time frame so you don’t fall off schedule, that way you can incorporate your life into your work. I schedule lunches with friends, and keep a good allotted two hours, but then I know I’m going to perhaps work most of the evening. Or If I schedule dinner with Family and Kids, I make sure that I get all my work done in the morning and afternoon hours. However, no matter what, I know I’ve devoted x amount of hours that I’ve chosen to work that week. By doing this, you are able to balance some life, into your schedule! You have to limit your number of hours that you decide would work for you, your lifestyle, and your business. By doing this, you will be force yourself, to find creative ways to leverage your time which leads to automated tools.
Solution #2 – Use automated tools – Every morning, I run a software for my Facebook Group Post, called Facebook Group poster, where it automatically post my blog content or anything that I want to post into various groups in different random increments so that Facebook doesn’t put me jail for doing too many at once…this software actually randomly post every few minutes, to about 100 groups for me, that’s what I choose, i know some that post to about a 1000 groups…but I’m only doing a 100 right now. Another automated tool I use is an Autoresponder, where I have emails that are scheduled out to my list about a month out..it automatically emails my list for me on a daily basis. And the Third amazing tool I use is a lead Capture system, where I automatically collect emails and build my list as people come across my content. There are various tools out there, but if you want to know exactly which one I use, comment below and I’ll share them you!
Solution #3 – A virtual Assistant – If you want to run a real business, and are generating some income already. You may want to get one of these! They are absolutely amazing to do the tedious time consuming task that you shouldn’t be doing. You should be focused on what you do best and that’s Content Creation. The part where you share your creativity and knowledge of the field that you are in! Spend your time on income producing activities. Now, for network marketers and affiliate marketers, that might be prospecting and connecting with people, for other home business owners that might be running and setting up ads properly so your brand can connect with more people for you! You have to figure out what you are worth and I hope you come to a conclusion that you are worth more than at least $60/hour…and outsource the $5-10 activities and activities that you are not good at that will keep you stuck. This is a business, invest in building it properly, or you will be making nada! Nothing..nothing substantial because you are trying to wear all the hats…
Solution #4 -You need to be well rested – You owe it to your audience and yourself to be refreshed, and to have a good work life balance. Know that you don’t have to work 24/7 to get things done, the more you explore other things aside from work, it can actually help you become more creative and flexible when you are actually in your workplace. Spending time away from work, can actually give you more clarity within your work and end up performing much because you are more rested,relaxed and your mind is free to be creative. So if you DON’T take care of yourself, you are actually being a disservice to your audience.
Solution #5 – Feel Guiltless when having fun! – Don’t feel guilty when you are out having fun with the things that you enjoy! For the past few months, every time I’m out with family or friends, I felt super guilty about not working on my business! You have to cut that guilty emotion out, when you are having fun, enjoy the moment, don’t think about work, and when you are at work, don’t think about anything else, but focus on what is at hand. Be present where ever you are, otherwise you are taking away from yourself. It’s pointless to be in one place and thinking about another…So when you are out playing, play hard, and when you are working, work hard! Always remember that experiencing pleasure outside of your work will allow you to thrive when you are at work. It’s crazy because intellectually you are aware of these things, but deep down, you don’t feel them and that’s where the guilt comes in. So you have to stop and listen to your brain! know that taking time for a break is both good for you and your work.
Solution #6 – Have faith in yourself and in your business. Know that everything will be okay and it is unfolding exactly the way its suppose to be. As long as you don’t give up on yourself and keep working through, learning new skillsets, and applying them, you will be headed in the right direction. Don’t get frustrated. Many times frustration simply comes from the Gap between where we THINK we are suppose to be, and where we really are. Know that where you are is based on your past experiences and decisions, so you are exactly where you are suppose to be based on your previous actions. Have faith in the process. As long as you don’t give up…you will get to your desired destination. How long, depends on how well you balance yourself and maintain efficiency.
Solution #7 – Select a time to shut down, shut that computer off, shut that phone off. if you say you will shut down at 8pm, shut down, no matter what you are in the middle of. Make that promise to yourself. This shutdown time, like I mentioned a moment ago, can be in the middle of the day too, it all depends on your lifestyle, especially if you have children. When you do this, you will be forced to schedule and work on things you need, around that time block, if you don’t, you will let the day run you instead. Revel in the fact that you are the boss of you, Know that you control your life and your business, not the other way around… – you are the creator and architech of your own life! Whether you are just starting your business, or are further along, you are the one that dictates how it will be and you can turn it into whatever you want to turn it into, and that is the best part about having your own thriving business. Yes in the beginning when you are building, it will require a little bit more time, but don’t forget, that time can be scheduled and dictated by you, not a boss. Learn how to insert life in between those times but stick to the alotted hours you feel you need to run your business. You have control over your lifestyle so embrace in that! Shutting down when you promised yourself you would, whether it’s a few hours in between the day, or a set time at the end of the day! This will allow you to do the things you love, like spend time with your family, or friends, and do activities that you enjoy…like dancing…me salsa..or exploring a new restaurant and mangia…or go skydiving…or go swimming, or go to the spa…
Well that’s it for now!
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And don’t forget to Comment Below, because you know how much I love your comments and it makes creating these post so much more fun! So go ahead, comment below, I want to know, are you a workaholic, and are you going to be taking any advice I have here for you! tell me what actions you will be taking. …what time are you going to select to shut down, or will you block it out in the middle of the day….let’s get the conversation going, I’m really curious about what you are doing!!! Okay…
Alright, I’ll see you on the flip side!!!
Again its Victoria Ter, coming to you from VictoriaTerLifestyle.com signing off!
