{"id":755,"date":"2023-08-07T10:08:20","date_gmt":"2023-08-07T10:08:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/training.thevirtualhub.ph\/sandbox\/t8\/?p=755"},"modified":"2023-08-07T11:23:45","modified_gmt":"2023-08-07T11:23:45","slug":"crystal-hope-gaviola-tips-on-work-life-balance","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/training.thevirtualhub.ph\/sandbox\/t8\/crystal-hope-gaviola-tips-on-work-life-balance\/","title":{"rendered":"Crystal Hope -Tips on Work-Life Balance"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<ol class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li class=\"has-large-font-size\"><strong><em>Leave work after work<\/em><\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Imagine you\u2019re just about to leave your workplace, possibly for cocktails at TGI Fridays, even though it\u2019s actually Tuesday.  What does that mean? \u201cTake a slow breath and acknowledge that you\u2019ve left. If you can\u2019t do that at the office door, when you\u2019re getting a train or bus and the door closes, imagine that\u2019s the end of your working day. Or if you\u2019re in your car, sit at the wheel for a short while before you start the engine.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Closure is a big theme among those offering tips to a healthy work-life balance: the Mental Health Foundation says that if you do happen to take work home with you, you should try to confine it to a certain area of your home \u2013 and be able to close the door on it.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"800\" height=\"800\" src=\"https:\/\/training.thevirtualhub.ph\/sandbox\/t8\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/Work-life-balance-3.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-773\" srcset=\"https:\/\/training.thevirtualhub.ph\/sandbox\/t8\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/Work-life-balance-3.png 800w, https:\/\/training.thevirtualhub.ph\/sandbox\/t8\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/Work-life-balance-3-300x300.png 300w, https:\/\/training.thevirtualhub.ph\/sandbox\/t8\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/Work-life-balance-3-150x150.png 150w, https:\/\/training.thevirtualhub.ph\/sandbox\/t8\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/Work-life-balance-3-768x768.png 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-large-font-size wp-block-paragraph\">2.  <strong><em>Work smarter, not harder<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">These days they call it <a href=\"http:\/\/www.dailymail.co.uk\/femail\/article-2632090\/Its-called-sleep-hacking-new-trend-fro-training-mind-body-cope-far-sleep-So-doctors-worried-woman-busy-sleep-FOUR-hours-night.html\">sleep hacking<\/a> \u2013 training your mind and body to need less sleep. But that trend is all wrong, argues US academic Matt Might in <a href=\"http:\/\/matt.might.net\/articles\/work-life-balance\/on\">his work-life balance blog<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In its advice on work-life balance, the Mental Health Foundation counsels: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.mentalhealth.org.uk\/help-information\/mental-health-a-z\/W\/work-life-balance\/\">\u201cWork smart, not long.\u201d<\/a> What does that mean in practice? \u201cThis involves tight prioritisation \u2013 allowing yourself a certain amount of time per task \u2013 and trying not to get caught up in less productive activities, such as unstructured meetings that tend to take up lots of time.\u201d We\u2019ve all been there, wishing we weren\u2019t stuck in the same room as a bunch of fatuous blowhards \u2013 or, as Michael Foley puts it in his superb book <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/books\/2010\/apr\/10\/age-absurdity-modern-life-foley\">The Age of Absurdity<\/a>, \u201cthe colleagues who speak at length in every meeting, in loud confident tones that suggest critical independence, but never deviate from the official line\u201d.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"800\" height=\"800\" src=\"https:\/\/training.thevirtualhub.ph\/sandbox\/t8\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/new-blog.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-774\" srcset=\"https:\/\/training.thevirtualhub.ph\/sandbox\/t8\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/new-blog.png 800w, https:\/\/training.thevirtualhub.ph\/sandbox\/t8\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/new-blog-300x300.png 300w, https:\/\/training.thevirtualhub.ph\/sandbox\/t8\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/new-blog-150x150.png 150w, https:\/\/training.thevirtualhub.ph\/sandbox\/t8\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/new-blog-768x768.png 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-base-background-color has-background has-large-font-size wp-block-paragraph\">3. <strong><em> Set your own Rules<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cYou really need to find your own work-life balance, probably with the help of others,\u201d says Allen. \u201cThe important thing is to ignore the shoulds \u2013 the shoulds that comes from other people or from you internalising others\u2019 mindsets. You have to rely on your own intuition.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">We are witnessing a generational shift in our attitudes to work. Millennials (those born after 1980) are more likely than their elders to blur the lines between work and home.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"800\" height=\"800\" src=\"https:\/\/training.thevirtualhub.ph\/sandbox\/t8\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/Step-away-from-the-email-1.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-781\" srcset=\"https:\/\/training.thevirtualhub.ph\/sandbox\/t8\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/Step-away-from-the-email-1.png 800w, https:\/\/training.thevirtualhub.ph\/sandbox\/t8\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/Step-away-from-the-email-1-300x300.png 300w, https:\/\/training.thevirtualhub.ph\/sandbox\/t8\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/Step-away-from-the-email-1-150x150.png 150w, https:\/\/training.thevirtualhub.ph\/sandbox\/t8\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/Step-away-from-the-email-1-768x768.png 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Imagine you\u2019re just about to leave your workplace, possibly for cocktails at TGI Fridays, even though it\u2019s actually Tuesday. 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