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Work-Life Balance is the concept of individuals managing their personal priorities (family and friends) to be in harmony with their career and job requirements. Why is it important to get your life in balance? With work-life balance you will run your life and your life will not run you. This can be beneficial for not only your own personal health but family relationships, and your career as well. Without work-life balance life may become overwhelming and lead to exhaustion, depression, anxiety disorders, relationship problems, and burnout.

The following are tips to help get time on your side and attain work-life balance:

• Schedule brief breaks for yourself throughout the day
• Turn off your cell phone and leave your laptop at work
• Create and implement a household budget
• Figure out what your main priorities are in life and budget your time accordingly
• Protect your private time
• Accept help to balance your life
• Organize your schedule
• Use technology to simplify and organize
• Plan fun and relaxation into your schedule
• Learn how to say "no"
• Know that things won't always be perfect

REFERENCES:http://www.webmd.com/balance/guide/health-and-balance-life-out-of-balance
http://www.mayoclinic.com/health/work-life-balance/WL00056

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Life is Not Work, Work is Not Life: Simple Reminders for finding Balance in a 24/7 World. Robert Johnston and J. Walker Smith
Devotional guide about remembering to sit back and enjoy life, in a society of constant work and constant pressure. Offers tips and rationale for enjoying a more balanced lifestyle. Shows you how to incorporate relaxation, fun, and healthful habits into your daily work making it more fun as a result.

Organize Your Life. Ronni Eisenberg and Kate Kelly
Discover eight simple steps to regain control of your life, learn how to plan and prioritize to save time, and get things done. Whether you're overwhelmed by things to do (errands, phone calls, picking up, or putting away) or things you have (clothing you never wear, piles of paperwork, overflowing closets, and stuffed storage boxes), this book is filled with easy tools and tips to get organized in every area of your life.

Stop Living Your Job, Start Living Your Life: 85 Simple Strategies to Achieve Work/Life Balance. Andrea Molloy
In this ramped-up world, there never seems to be enough time. Everyone wants to "have it all," but time constraints challenge people to juggle career pressures with social, family, and personal commitments. Packed with interactive tools including 50 Action Tasks, 25 Action Questions, 18 Hot Tips, and Four Quick Quizzes, it empowers readers to control their responsibilities instead of having their responsibilities control them.

Work-Life Balance, Overcoming Common Problems. Gordon and Ronni Lamont
Do you feel swamped by long working hours? Do you struggle to find time for the really important things? This book offers innovative solutions to the work-life juggling act, which will benefit you and your work.

Work, Play, and Type: Achieving Balance in Your Life. Judith A. Provost
Is your work productive? Do you take time for play? In this book, Judith Provost describes how to achieve balance in your life through the exploration of Carl Jung's psychological types. Each type can benefit from finding equilibrium in their work and play, and Provost discusses how this balance will ultimately prevent burnout and allow you to lead a healthier, more fulfilling life. Using case studies, Provost illustrates how to find play at work, why play is different at various stages of life and how work and play affect relationships.

http://www.webmd.com/balance/guide/health-and-balance-life-out-of-balance In a 24/7 world are you keeping pace of getting run over? Find out on this interactive web site.

http://www.mayoclinic.com/print/work-life-balance/WL00056/METHOD=print Discover ways to restore harmony in your work-life balance and reduce stress.

http://www.mayoclinic.com/print/stress-relief/SR00039/METHOD=print Are you cramming too many activities into too little time? Learn why, when and how to say no.

Work-Life Balance Assessment

Laura Berman Fortgang, who is the author of Living Your Best Life and NOW WHAT? 90 Days to a New Life Direction, recommends evaluating the state of your life with the following quiz.

True or false:

1. I have more than enough time to do what I want to do.
2. I am on a health regimen that helps me feel energized.
3. I look forward to every day.
4. There are no people in my life (at home or at work) who drain me.
5. I love my home (location, contents, the feel, the style).
6. I have no clutter in my home and/or office.
7. I live a life pursuing what I want instead of what I should do.
8. My work is satisfying and rewarding.
9. I take at least two weeklong vacations a year.
10. I do not work on weekends.
11. I get plenty of sleep.
12. I have plenty of quality time with my children and/or the people who matter to me.
13. I have at least one hobby or pastime outside of my work and family activities.
14. I eat foods that make me feel energized instead of sluggish.
15. I have the space to take at least 15 minutes of silence a day.
16. I have friends that are easy to be with and a joy to spend time with.
17. I carry no heavy emotional burdens or addictive behaviors.

Give yourself one point for every time you said "true." If you answered "true" more often than "false" (a score of at least 9), you are probably living a well-balanced life. If you scored 8 or less, your lifestyle may need some fine-tuning.