Work-Life Balance

January 11, 2010 · Filed under "consciousness raising", "Awareness", "women's health", "writing", "politics", "health", "women", "empowerment", "consciousness raising",, Balance, Children and Education, Empowerment for Healthy Holistic Living, Parenting, Social Consciousness, Women and Politics · Tagged "health", "women", "work/life balance", "Awareness", Balance, exercise, existentialism, holistic, nutrition, purpose, social relations, social support, time

“Beassertive” commented on her positive experience in incorporating more balance into her life via maintaining connections with family, friends, good nutrition, exercise, and perhaps, as I understand it, focusing more on the NOW than on the future.

Maintaining good social support networks (family, friends, formal supports) is essential, in my view, to having a balanced lifestyle. In addition, staying healthy physically (eating well, regular exercise, and enough sleep) is crucial to well-being. Just as important, is the need for women (and men) to identify what gives them meaning and purpose in life. Without this we are robotic beings clumsily moving through our days without vision and purpose.

How then, do we keep ourselves ahead by using the above strategies for well-being when the greatest challenge may be finding  the time?