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Achieving the Blended Life

1/24/2012

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Are you focussed on trying to balance work and your personal life? Do you find it a struggle to balance the time you have at home versus the time spent at the office? Do you feel guilty when things get out of balance, like most of the time?

It's time to concede defeat; not in life, but with the idea that we can truly achieve balance. Instead, shoot for a blended life. Look for ways to increase your flexibility so that your work life starts to blend with your personal life. How? 

Start by forcing yourself to leave the office at a reasonable time. Schedule important personal appointments (recitals, parent-teacher conferences) in with your work calendar so they become a priority. Ask your boss to allow you to conduct some of your phone calls, research or paperwork at home in the morning or in the afternoon. 

I have been an adjunct instructor at Wheaton College and DePaul University. I would take my daughter and son with me to a couple of classes when they were younger so that they could see dad in action, and so we'd have something to talk about afterward. 

It was a way of blending my personal life with my work life, and realizing that it's hard to see where one begins and the other ends. The point is to at least look for the opportunities to blend work and personal activities so that life becomes more of what you truly want to accomplish. 

Nothing is ever perfect. You can expect disruptions and disappointments. But keeping the bigger picture of a blended life will take you farther than simply trying to keep your life in balance.

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