HOW TO BALANCE BETWEEN WORK AND PERSONAL LIFE

9 months ago

No matter what you do, you can't exhaust all the work. I normally tell people that "Work no dey finish" meaning work has no end. Hmmm the end of one work is the beginning of another. All we need to do is to find balance and relevance. Let me say this when you refuse to rest certainly you will be given best rest in the hospital. If you refused bed rest then be assured of death rest. The bottom line is that rest is very important in the pursuit of life endeavors.

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Welcome to my blog this moment where I would explore on the subject of concerned in this week's edition. Do you know that one of the most challenging factor in the sphere of life is striking a balance? To me being fulfilled in life is when you are able to establish balance in what you are doing. Before I proceed, let me quickly share a life touching testimony of a man that was buried yesterday. I was privileged to be there live and direct. It was such a beautiful environment because there was reunion and exchange of pleasantries with many of my friends that I have not seen for a while. What really pricked my heart was the calibre of personalities that graced the funeral service. I noticed that the deceased was an influential man whose impart was felt across many sectors. I saw people of different social classes and different religion backgrounds. The question that kept running through my mind was wow...how did he balance between work and life? How did he affect and touched lives like this? How was he able to balance off? That was truly a lesson for me to ponder till now.

Work and personal life can't just be separated distinctively because both depends on each other. Your life depends on the work and work depends on your. Balancing the two is quite important so that you won't end up overstretching one. when you aren't diligent at work hmmm you become lazy and unfulfilled in life and when you focused on your life alone and don't work you become drained with poverty. I'm not saying you should carry the entire organization on your head and forget about your personal life Noooooo.

I have heard stories of many people that couldn't balance their work and personal life which resulted to an information situation hence there is need to find out some strategies on how to balance everything. The difference between individuals in life pursuit of destiny is the kind of strategy that each one deploys. Have you been downcast and depressed about life? Is your work gradually becoming boring? Are you finding it difficult to get balance ? Then carefully hear some of my strategies I would share perhaps it would add a quantum leap to your life.

To establish balance so that one work will not suffer at the other you need to set out your daily schedule or daily tasks. I see this as one of the challenging factors many are experiencing today. When you failed to clearly define your objectives for the day, you may find it difficult to get tasks done easily. I knew of a man that worked in an oil company , has ministry and a family as well yet he balances the three as a way of life. Personally I thought it was an impossible mission but he came testifying how God has been faithful to him. Now I know that we have individual differences and abilities but if one harnesses it properly.

Another strategy was what my mentor does. He happened to be a lecturer. He told me that I should not bring office things home. Office things to be dealt with in the office while house things should be dealt with in the house. Don't interchange it for any reason if not, there won't be balance. I saw him consistently doing this for couple of years.
There are different ways of dealing with issues kindly identify yours and stick to the one that is more suitable for you.