How do you maintain a work-life balance?

Question

A new study reveals Canadians, these days, have less time for family and spend more hours at work. Read more here: http://ca.blog.360.yahoo.com/blog-NwuWaPQoeKdM_fkq7QX_VJZjjCc-?cq=1&p=373

(Come back in a few days to vote for your favourite answer)

Answer 1

Simple; make it happen.



People who become a slave to their jobs will live shorter lives, have less healthy relationships with their family, and are feeding the system of corporate exploitation.



Find a good job with a reasonable schedule, and shun jobs that require 60-70 hours per week. It's not worth making an extra $30,000 per year if you are never off work to enjoy it.



Personally, I sought out a job that only requires about 30 hours work a week. In fact it is noon and I have not even gone into work yet. I earn double the average income in this area, with about half the work load.



I believe that the new trend of outrageous working hours, minimum vacation and sick pay, is corporate exploitation at its worst and being a part of that is adding fuel to the fire.

Answer 2

That is a tough one. I think the best thing to do is not get yourself into that kind of situation, it might be hard, but maybe it's time to cut down on the expenses. I think another factor is being in a job you love, that might take the stress down a notch.

I'm still really young so I don't have much experience about this; I personally am a writer and have a part time job (10 hr week) and I love both my jobs.

As for employers, find a way the employee can make you more money in less hours, find a way I have faith in you.

My mother works an average of 40 hrs a week sometimes more and my brother 50, I'm not sure about my Dad and my sister has the same job as I do; I nearly choked when I heard "70 hr work week new norm!" I don't think anyone (especially anyone with young children.) should be working that many hours; it's just insane! Although I'm feeling kinda silly about my 10 hr week, but then again I'm not married.

Answer 3

The secret: live below your means.



If you are like most people, your life is all about struggling to own nice things. It's also about struggling to pay off debt. This leads one to think that maybe, just maybe, debt has something to do with want. You want things you can't afford. The problem is, you buy them anyway. You don't think. You just buy. The debt comes later.



You must learn to get past the want and focus on what you really need. Believe it or not, it is possible to live a full and happy life without luxurious things. It's just a matter of figuring out what matters most: an expensive sports car that you may end up living in, or your friends, family and good health? You decide.



So, if you make 40 grand a year, think twice before you buy those $400 designer jeans. Do you really need them? Could you live without them? How about using that $400 to pay off some credit card debt? This is where logic comes into play.



Know what you can and can't afford. And, as they say, don't bite off more than you can chew.

Answer 4

Do not believe for a minute that there is an easy way out of anything. Don't even believe its easy to answer any perplexing question with an easy answer. That is the problem with us Canadians always having an easy way out. We learn this in High School - if Calculus 101 is hard then lets try something else or I hate Biology - I got to cut up stuff. Lets face it, if Canadians want to continue to have what they have had in the past we better keep working harder and better still smarter. Maybe think of starting a business or something on your own. The 3rd world of yesterday is competing with you and they are ready to sacrifice everything because they have tasted what we have. And maybe we can get out of this rut shortly but be prepared for the long haul. And maybe even start on some areas where these new global competitors cannot beat us in the next 100 years. Think of Rolex, Rolls Royce, Hand-made teddy bears made in the USA and Canada costing 80 Dollars (a made in China doll costs only 5 dollars) that are being grabbed up by people who appreciate the quality. It can be done! It has to be done!

Answer 5

Since having our children I have tried to have a very short commute. It is currently about 10 minutes. I also work about 40 hours, no more, per week. I am lucky that my wife is at home. Nights with "kid" stuff on is not a rush, since I am home around 5:00 or shortly after and dinner is already on the table. We live modestly, two vehicles but the newest was recently bought used and is five years old. I am now driving the old van, bought three years old nearly eleven years ago. We drive a total of maybe 20K km annually, which is less than most people put on one car. We live in a 50 year old bungalow in a pretty average neighbourhood which is a bit cramped for the five of us but we get by. I agree with the previous poster who points out our societal desire to have two new cars and huge houses. We use half the gas and hydro of friends because we are heating and cooling half the space. Our taxes are lower since the house is only worth $350K instead of $500K. I always say its not the cost of buying the house that kills you, it's the operating expense. Everyone makes choices, we chose not to keep up with the Jones's and have a pretty good life.

Answer 6

A large aspect of modernization during the last 100 years has been to free ourselves from the back braking (literally) manual labor that our forefathers wanted so desperately to be free of. In the meantime we have traded physical stress for mental stress. The irony is that mental stress causes physical stress so we spend money and time in the gym where we do what? Replicate the physical strain we decided to run away from in the first place. That, my friends, is irony.



I am from Spain (living in Toronto) and would like to address the myth on the siesta. We do not quit work after 1 p.m., rather we go home and spend time with our families then come back to work at 4 or 5 pm and work for another 5 hours. This allows a person to spend the best part of the day with their family and friends while breaking up day into two very productive work periods. In reality Spaniards work longer and more efficiently which is how we've managed to secure one of the best places to Live and work in the world. Listen up Canada! You are on the path to the same place the United States finds itself in. A society which has lost perspective on Life and amounts to nothing more than a from of modern day corporate slavery!

Answer 7

Live within your means. It is nearly an impossible task, but it MUST be the goal. If you are working too many hours, chances are it is because you have a high debt load and need the extra money for day-to-day expenses after your debt payments. I have a good job. I make decent money. I work 40-50 hours a week, by choice. I try to keep a good pace and if I get behind, I get stressed, so a couple of extra hours every now and then keeps the in-box manageable.



What I don't have is the debt load. I struggled for 6 years after university. I paid off student loans...30k. I paid off credit cards...8k. I paid and paid and paid. Now my "modest" income is mine. I have a mortgage, everybody does. It's reasonable. I don't have a car payment, I have a nice car I maintain well. Etc. etc...



I don't have the monthly bills that kill. I paid those off and live on what I make. If it's 2 days to payday and I've spent my cheque, I can guarantee I have enough food in the house and gas in the car to make it 2 days. Then I can spend again. These are the choices you need to make.

Answer 8

Set your own priorities - family first, new car every 2 years last

Move to a small town - no commute, less demanding lifestyle, more opportunities for meaningful community involvement.

Chuck your need to have the lastest, biggest, best of everything

Take family vacations

Get out of town on the weekend, go camping

DO NOT check your work email from home after hours.



We all make choices; just make sure they are ones you can live with. If your priority is the outside face that you present to the world complete with the hollow happiness that only rampant commercialism and social snobbery can deliver, then suck it up. If your priority is your family, your health, and treading lightly on the planet, then you are probably a happier human being.

Answer 9

I work about 40 hours per week, Monday to Friday, however, I do have every other Monday off, This makes a fairly dull job bearable, because I know I have a 'long' weekend every other week. It is a fact that everyone is working longer, for less purchasing power. Think about it - about 30 or 40 years ago, minimum wage was $1.00 per hour. That could pay for 10 chocolate bars (10 cents each in those days!). Nowadays, minimum wage is $6 per hour - but chocolate bars are $1.00 each, so you can buy only 6 chocolate bars with your minimum wage. That's a simplistic example, but I believe it illustrates the problem affecting those of us who are not getting to gorge on the corporate pie. The rich are getting richer, and the poor, poorer.

Answer 10

Well, I am going back to work after a year of maternity leave next week. I am juggling in my heart whether to go back to work or not. Finishing at 5 and getting dinner on the table, homework and making lunches doesn't give much family time when all is done. I am going to ask my employer to work part time from home. I think if you can get remote access then why not ask to work at home, who says you can't have the best of both worlds, but you have to ask. Remember family is most important, a job is replaceable but you can't get back lost time with your kids. Sometimes you just need to cut back the luxuries and go back to the simple life. Everyone needs a job to eat and put a roof over their head, but you don't need to eat a steak every night, drive two cars and have that 3000 square foot house to be happy, sometimes smaller is better. Cut back and get back more with your family.

Answer 11

As a Mom of 3 working full time, I try to have dinners prepped on weekends, like chopping veggies and keeping in water, freezing meat in family portion, and pre-cooking ground beef. Then in the evenings I can throw together dinner quickly. My eldest does the homework he understands at the babysitters, saving problems and questions for me, which I help him with at the kitchen table while I cook. I rotate bedtime stories and baths/showers between the kids so I have more time with them individually. Rather than each getting a rushed 2 minute story, they each have their night, getting 3 or 4 small stories (or a whole chapter for the eldst). The youngest stays up later than the other 2, so he gets one on one time when the school-agers are in bed.

Ideally, I'd love to stay home, but until the day we can afford that, we get by with the time we have.

Answer 12

As a Nutritional and Lifestyle Speaker, I find myself wrapped up in a lot of things that have to be done. Work, seminars, 3 boys, hubby & ME. Life can be unfair when it comes to how much you spend working and how much you spend "playing". So I've developed my own coping mechanism. This is my theory on life as a working mom.



1. - Love your kids when you're at home & dedicate at least a few hours of unforgatable moments



2.- Love your job when you're at work, finding what you love about your job will help your day go faster and help your at home time be more pleasant.



3. - Always, have some quality time with your family and do things you can talk about in years to come.



4. - Create a hobby that you can do to help you ease your stress and give you that self time. I love to knit, make jewelery and create designs aside from nutrition.



5. - Fulfill your spiritual's need and that of your family's. Weather it's church, nature walks, spa or some special time, it's important to feed your soul and that of your family.



Last, but not least - Remind yourself that life "flyes" before your eyes and you can't take back time. The only thing left is memories...

Answer 13

Keep what is precious to you, close to you. Keep the family as close as possible. We have made sacrifices to do just that. We have recently relocated to Tripoli Libya, coming from Saudi Arabia and Yemen before that. My motto? "I can work on the moon if I have my family with me" It's a great learning experience as well. My three year old son speaks three languages and has not yet started school.

My wife is very supportive of the lifestyle we live even though we don't have all of the amenities of living in the wonderful country we all love called Canada. Like Arnold Swartznager said "I'll be back!"

Answer 14

In the past few months I moved from a 5 to a 4 day week. The one day off a week allows me to do chores and errands that usually got pushed to the weekend while the kids are at school. Then at the end of the day I can pick them up and the three of us are able to go do something together. It allows me a chance to talk about their week without rushing to another activity and it also allows me to volunteer at the school and be a part of this huge part of their lives. We also hired a housekeeper who comes in once every couple of weeks to do the big stuff which allows us more time to spend with the kids. You would be surprised at how inexpensive this is and how much time it actually frees up for you. Those are just two things that we have done to enable us to spend more time with our two wonderful kids!!

Answer 15

Having been in the work force for many years I came to the conclusion that if you allow it, work will become the main focus in your life and that without work you somehow become a nobody, don't let work define who you are, give your work whenever possible 8 hours a day, if it doesn't get done, then maybe your boss or you are expecting too much, your family and freinds deserve to spend time with you, after all, that's all youll have left when you retire!

Answer 16

Work is like a gas: If you allow it, it will fill every available space.



Combine that with a couple of other facts:



We're working harder and harder for less and less;

No matter how hard we work the rug can get pulled out from under us at any moment, for reasons entirely beyond out control;

Loyalty from both the company to the employees and the employees to the company has gone out the window, it's basically "everyone for themselves";

No one ever says, on their deathbed, "I wish I had spent more time at the office."



My personal solution: Come in on time, work to the best of my ability for a solid workday, then leave. No overtime. No working weekends. When the workday is over, I'm off the clock. End of discussion.

Answer 17

In my opinion the issue relies on the individuals wants and needs. Many people feel they 'need' to work overburdened schedules in order to maintain a lifestyle whose needs are unwarranted or the result of stress be it from peers, media, etc.



Those who better manage their funds and their lifestyle needs can lessen both their workload (assuming the job will allow less hours) and stress while still making and saving money.



There are so many ways people unnecessarily spend money on things that are really not needed. A few examples :



- Newspapers. Those who buy newspapers daily or weekly have access to both television and the internet. This is a luxury that is entirely unnecessary.



- Driving less. This is probably the biggest way to save. There are tons of articles about helping the environment and managing ones weight. When possible, leave the vehicle behind and walk or bike to work. This will save money and improve ones health.



- Coffee. Make it at home and bring it in to work. Tons of people will stop by stores on the way to or from work for coffee or the like. This is both a tremendous waste of gas and money (likely $40.00 plus a month). This one applies to many things...do you find you spend your change on impulse items because you have it? Don't carry change on you.



- Pop. If you drink it, don't buy individual cans at work or anywhere. Buy only in bulk and you'll save a lot of money.



- Smoking. You likely smoke to reduce stress. Lessening your work hours should help to reduce stress thus help cut the costs of the habit. Drinking, if done to relieve work stress should be diminished in the same way too.



Look at your spending habits and the things you actually need...vs the things you've 'become accustomed to needing'. You should find there's a ton of your money going into little things that are not necessary. In reducing your cost of living, you can then afford to reduce the hours required at work.



Personally, I work 34 hour work weeks in what would be considered a low income job. I'm also able to save at least %20 of what I earn for the future. There is no reason why everyone can't take similar steps should they choose to be more critical with their own needs vs unnecessary wants.

Answer 18

Yes, we all have to work harder for less these days. I have a pretty good job but demanding at times. Overtime is not much but sometimes I've had 12-14 hour days. Nature of the business I'm in. Not much you can do. No job is perfect. Work sucks!!!!!

Also if we were not over taxed, i.e. income, property, GST and PST, user fees, etc, we would have more money in our pockets.

Solution, less government, MPP's and smaller pensions for government workers. Why are they so special? I don't get a big pension. Private sector employees work harder and longer hours for less money, time off and sick time.

Answer 19

I am 31 years old, I am not married, I don't have kids, but I have made a promise to myself and that is I will WORK TO LIVE not LIVE TO WORK.



My boss the other day mentioned that he doesn't understand people that don't put work first. He said that his family come second to work and they have to understand that. Keep in mind he has been divorced once and has had problems with his current wife. My boss is a very nice person and very talented. I do want to learn from him and to be like him in regards to his knowledge of work, but not how he lives his life.



I like having a full life with my family, friends, hobbies, and entertainment. I really like doing new things, travelling being a big one. I wonder if one day he will wish he had more balance in his life and experienced more things. Maybe he won't feel this way. Maybe he is truely happy and will always be happy with his decision. I guess I can't help but wonder if this decision is a little selfish too, I mean there are other people in his life.



Having this conversation with my boss was really an eye-opener for me, it just supported my already strong belief of WORKING TO LIVE not LIVE TO WORK.

Answer 20

It's not possible in the private sector.



As Canada imports more skilled workers willing to work for lower wages. The only way for you to keep your job is to put more effort into it.



There are too many dirty tricks employers can use to get rid of even good working employees who are simply paid too much.



The only solution is to move the current, feeble, 6 month rule for rehiring a position that was "laid off" due to cut backs, to something more extreme like 2 years, so a company cannot crack the whip on remaining workers for 6 months before getting a cheaper replacement.

Answer 21

I think our priorities and values in the so-called developed world are skewed and we need to ask some fundamental questions about ourselves and our society in general before we can answer such a question.



Do you really need the extra two bedrooms, garage space and SUV in the driveway and the associated costs? Is it really going to make a major difference to your overall quality of life? Why are we working these crazy hours to pay someone else to look after our kids? This consumer society is out of control and its also making us the biggest polluters in the world. What a legacy for our kids and theirs!



How about downsizing, taking a lower paid, less stressful job and using the extra time and energy for the things that really matter (plus helping the environment)?

Answer 22

We all know that we can do only so much. Either you can be here or there. Either you can work or you can relax. Either you can be with the family or you can be ther at work earning money.



Money - The most important thing on each and everyones mind. To gain money we work hard. Hard enough till we get tired. Rest for some time and then back to work. No time to play and relax. And if we relax and then continue to do so the bills might overtake.

This dreads us not to relax.



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Answer 23

It all sounds easy enough, but really is more complicated than some people give credit for. These days to have some of the same basic "modest" things in life you will find that the cost consumes a substantially larger portion of your income, while this is not always the case, quite often it is. As an example the cost of a modest home in a safe neighborhood can reach as much as 1/2 million in parts of canada. It simply is not possible to afford this on a 60k income. While 30 years ago the similar home may have cost 15-30k, and the family's main income earner could have been making anywhere from 5-25k. I know that both my parents and my wife's parents first family sized homes were both purchased for a price that was very marginally higer than one year of their income. Sure we could go into interest rates and blah blah blah, but the real fact of the matter is that some of the basic modest necessities in life can be very expensive. Now we have an urban civilization that for the most part is requiring both partners to work, and pay for child care, which is also expensive. Personally my wife is home caring for our son and this is not cutting it for us. Student loan debts, cost of living etc. all combine to force us into more work. While some people simply do relish the thought of having a blackberry, satellite radio in their car, digital tv, lobster on the dinner plate, fine wine to wash it down with, and their choice of SUV's waxed and ready in the paved driveway ready to go, the are really the only people who are willing to trade their few precious hours with their families if not for substantial income rates. The rest of us are forced to do it to provide the necessities. With children, the thought is also of how best to provide for them, and their futures, escalating the pressure to earn. As this economy becomes more global, and traditional jobs and ways of life are discarded, the middle class is being pinched out of existence, and replaced by those in the upper and lower. For lower class families abundance is impossible without the extra hours and commitment to employers. This world is changing, values are being lost, and children may have a PSP or DS, but largely they are missing that which is most important to them, their parents, and the families quality of life. Anyone who tells me that the answer is simple and they can conquer the problem with ease is no truthful, or in a very special situation. Ownership has become a large problem for canadians in the past as well. Currently people are more and more inclined to rent and lease all of the necessities in life. This behavior leads a zero worth situation. You have no buying power, no equity, and nothing to hand down to future generations. While some people are smart and realize this early, many cannot obtain ownership of modest housing, even though they may be paying exorbitant fees for rent. I believe this is the reason why the canada mortgage and housing corporation is now insuring mortgages with zero down and the likes. This can help, but it also tends to allow people to enter into financial agreements that may be beyond their financial capabilities, which I believe is often the case. If things do not change for the average canadian family, then they will worsen, and the generation after us will be forced to live with the mess we leave behind. A good idea right now would be for the entire nation to embrace the vision that our grandparents had and support the middle class and lower class, which this country was built on. The people who live and die for their futures. Agree to disagree with me if you like, but there are some huge problems facings us all wether we like them or not.

Answer 24

It took a long time. I actually thought I was a slacker even when I felt so burned out I was chronically sick. Peers constantly trumpetted the desireability of being as productive as possible, and never seemed to hear me that I was exhausted. I followed along and eventually found I wasn't really achieving what I wanted out of life though I was killing myself with, in retrospect, somewhat pointless extra work. What did I do? I asked for less hours at work. I gave my employer all the time he needed to adjust. I finally got it. Even the employer is in a better position. I'm happier and that means I have a better relationship with him. One important solution for me was NOT TO TELL my workaholic friends that I'm not on the "job" as many hours as before. I certainly am more productive in terms of what I want to get out of life, working towards goals that aren't reached by earning an hourly wage, but pay off more in the long term. I am way happier. Before, I couldn't escape my desperation, certainly not by working harder. This is what you call working smarter!

Fern

Answer 25

I don't believe it is corporate exploitation, it is just plain greed. We have become a must have society and this is the result. If we could do without two new cars, and a huge home and eating out every night, we would not need to work as hard to pay for it all.



How many people have two nice cars, a huge home with a huge mortgage, finance their vacations, credit cards are to the max. They enslave themselves to their stuff. Slow down, enjoy the simpler things, spend time playing with your kids, and enjoy life. Don't let it race by and wonder where it went.



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Answer 26

I set a rule family first, work at a job you enjoy and learn your limits. No when to say enough is enough

Have the family participate with the family chores and set time for the family. Family talk at supper time to find out the days events. Put of adult chores until after the children are in so they get quality time, with them. .

Answer 27

I live alone, always have. I live in a small town where my 'commute' is 3 1/2 minutes. All my time outside of work is mine, and my job allows for time off for accrued overtime.I have time for other interests and community involvement. Of course this is not a 'solution' as such, just the way my life has worked out, and I like it!

Answer 28

I find it very hard, because I am a mom who doesn't really have much help, I can't say I am very single. I have someone who is my life as my boyfriend but lives far away. So yes I am relying right now..and I may not be able to make it because my son is almost 10 years old and still needs someone to look after him..I finding it hard to even manage because my mom can't always look after him because of her cancerous brain tumors, and honestly the rest are working too. So I am finding it very difficult.

I can hardly make it on my own this way.

Answer 29

I wish the weekends were for 3 days, and the working week 4days! I`m married, 3 school age children, puppy thats barking mad, work with teenagers. I have a dinner ready for hubby when he gets in. He works from 6.30am till 7.30pm mon-fri. He`s never here for breakfast, to take the kids to school, pick them up, bath time,after school concerts, homework,food shopping. He just in time for bedtime stories! Soooo........................ I cook, clean,taxi,work,pack lunch,wash, iron,supervise kids homework,do bathtime,walk the dog 3 times a day, prepare my work,food shop, and everything else!! But......................... I cope because i have every cupboard stuffed full of junk, an ironing pile like mount everest, sometimes toys all over the place, sometimes the house looks a tip(quite often!), if I`m working breakfast things get cleared at teatime. Which.................... means I have to let some things pile up for the sake of other things and the secret is not to stress one tiny bit!!!!! My children are always presentable. I`ve never missed an event at school. I always do my work projects. My kids & hubby always eat meals I`ve made. Uniforms and work clothes always are always ready. Homework is always done. I`m no super mum at all. I`m JUST coping sometimes! Alot of my friends are on prozac to help them cope! They stress so much. None of us can do it all. Every so often I`ll stress about my ironing but then I remember I made a costume for one of the kids plays when I normally would be catching up on my ironing! With the right frame of mind we can all cope. Less stressing, more enjoying life.

Answer 30

Since returning to work from my Maternity leave I have started working extra early so I can be home in time to eat dinner with my twins at 5:00. It was the only way that I would be able to spend any quality time with them during the week.

Leaving early in the morning is hard because I don't get to see them, but I get to do dinner, bath and playtime with them every night - and that makes everyday great. :-)

Answer 31

I take the time to prioritize my major priorities. I keep in mind that quality of life is better than quantity in life, and I look to my husband for support and sometimes needed relief. I think that in today's society we have an erge to react instead of respond to what is thrown our way. Sometimes what we think is good or sometimes what we find we want, isn't always the best things for us, and a newly learned pattern to over come these societal expectations is a definate growth to our strength, mind and spiritual being.

Answer 32

time management, you can enjoy working at the same with family (owning a business ) thats where i am right now. its nice example too for the kids seeing me balancing my job and time for them and also managing the pressure at work, explaining what will happen if you are not being proactive in any cases, always make plans a back plans. house chores for them (washing dishes, collecting garbages in house etc...) they can start tidying up now while little amount or deal with later if its huge pile of dishes and you washing while the others are watching movie at home. i can also shows them the importance of passion for what you are doing that makes your life easier and happier rather than you got the best pay in a world but then you are losing it while you heading home. thats for me.

Answer 33

Some would say that I don't have a balance cause I do more work then I do have a life, but I look at my work as my life. I have a good time at work and enjoy it. It doesn't feel like work when I am here.

Answer 34

We don't. My husband works 80-100 hours a week and I'm stuck at home with 3 kids, no car, no family, no friends. Some days I feel like I want to die.

Answer 35

It's simple: Prioritize!



My family, friends and personal life in general take priority over work. It's a serious decision that I made a few years back, and I think I'm one the few people here at work that is happy.



It's your life and your time! Take control of it.

Answer 36

When your employer offers you a Blackberry or Cell phone, say NO ! These deices are what tie us to our jobs. Technology was supposed to give us more time for ourselves and our loved ones?

Answer 37

I suppose these days you have to choose: money or family. A balance is almost impossible to get!

Answer 38

I don't work. =D

Answer 39

yes, I think I will.