I’ve just been listening to Nigel Marsh, author of Overworked and Underlaid on TED Talks.
When someone else paid my wages, I was actually really good at creating a work/life balance.
Now, being self-employed, ha!
It’s funny to think one of the reasons for making the leap to go it alone was to create more time for family, friends, hobbies, social, and just living.
There is an assumption that self-employment automatically gives you these, in my experience, it’s been (at times) the exact opposite. There is always something else to do, maybe self-employment should be called the ‘To Do List That Never Ends’.
I agree with Nigel Marsh that work/life balance should become a serious discussion: it does bother me when I hear friends and family say ‘we have flexitime in place, but they like us to be in before 8 am’ or ‘they don’t like it when I leave earlier to pick up my children’ — are these so called friendly working policies just words on paper.
Written in guidance with the law and yet, in reality, mean nothing?
Enjoy the video, if you have any problems viewing click here (you’ll be taken to the video on TED Talks)
What do you think? Should life/work balance be a serious debate? Do you think it exists?
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