Living Well » work/life balance

Living Well Through Balanced Living- Part 11

Kevin Bushey — Tue, 29 Dec 2009 12:00:01 +0000

Time to change jobs?

Companies supporting balance are much easier to find than they used to be and it is more acceptable today to say that you want this balance – whether you are male or female, young or experienced, or working as an executive or a retail clerk. The last area we need to discuss in the work [...]

Living Well Through Balanced Living- Part 9

Kevin Bushey — Fri, 04 Dec 2009 12:00:03 +0000

Work Options

Perhaps, on other days when things are quiet and slow, you can ask your boss to let you leave early and/or get compensatory time to reward you for the crazy hours you are expected to work during an emergency.

Don’t despair if you are a trauma nurse, or you work in the operating room or [...]

Living Well Through Balanced Living-Part 7

Kevin Bushey — Fri, 13 Nov 2009 12:00:45 +0000

It’s Time to Take Action

“This strange disease of modern life, With its sick hurry, its divided aims” ~ Matthew Arnold ~

Now that we’ve discussed the reasons work/life balance is important, and you know that others feel as you do, what do you do about the problem? You may hate what has happened to your life. But, [...]

Living Well Through Balance Living- Part 5

Kevin Bushey — Tue, 20 Oct 2009 12:26:13 +0000

Family and Community – Government and university studies support the idea that the ‘all work and no play’ lifestyle contributes to divorce, dysfunction in the family, and lack of involvement and investment in the community and neighborhood. As the community grows apart and neighbors become strangers, emotional and family support for things like childcare, help with aging parents and [...]

Living Well Through Balance Living- Part 4

Kevin Bushey — Fri, 09 Oct 2009 12:01:43 +0000

There are numerous scientific studies on the benefits of relaxation, recreation and meditation. And these benefits are both physical and emotional.

You can’t be ready to take on the issues in your family, support your spouse, parents, siblings and children and your friends if you have no emotional stamina. If you’ve spent all of your focus and attention on [...]