When an imbalance occurs and we’re doing too much of one thing and not enough of others, we increase our risk of stress. I’ve noticed that many of us don’t even remember what we love to do. Many of us are very good at completing ‘Achievement’ type tasks but we struggle to find time to fit in exercise or time to catch up with our friends as often as we’d like. The key is to make sure you are participating in enough activities in ALL of the categories on a regular basis. Gardening can be an achievement, physical and pleasant. Walking with a friend on the beach is a physical activity, a pleasant activity AND a social activity.
What you’ve probably already noticed is that many things that we do fit into more than one of the above categories. For example: gym walking running cycling taking the stairs swimming etc. you could do ten minutes of physical exercise, three times per day. It doesn’t even have to be consecutive e.g. The World Health Organisation (WHO) suggests that we ‘move’ at least 30 minutes every day, at least five days per week. coffee with a friend dinner parties BBQ visiting friends or family etc.Īny activity that requires us to move our body. This can include face-to-face contact, but also telephone, Skype, email, social networking. Whenever we spend meaningful time connecting with others, we are being social.
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For example: reading watching a movie travel having a massage gardening drawing, etc. This category includes all of our leisure and pleasure activities. work household chores errands study etc.Īll of the things we do that we enjoy and that make us feel good. Our ‘have to’ tasks tend to fit into this category as well. To simplify matters, we can break most of our tasks in life into four categories:Īnything that we do that is goal focussed and provides us with a sense of accomplishment at its completion.
It’s often spoken about, but what does it really mean and how well do any of us truly ‘live’ it?
We all love a good catch-phrase and “Work-Life Balance” is up there with the best of them.
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