When I am at work I give work 100% and when I’m at home my kids get 100%. I leave work at work and home at home. There is a certain spot on my drive in to work that I stop thinking about home and same when leaving work.
Whether you're a parent or not, how do you establish work life balance?
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Set boundaries and keep a planner with time cut out for ME. I practice YOGA and that is my time. Phone goes on silent and DND.
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Like the interview mentioned, prioritization is key in having a successful work / home life balance. Over the years, my priorities have changed. Staying in constant communication with my team, & even re-evaluating those priorities myself, has helped us all to stay on the same page & work successfully.
Totally with you there, @nicole.radwanski ! There’s constant change in your life so it takes time to update both priorities, home and work life, to keep that balance at the right mix!
I’m not a parent, but I have a dedicated time for work and another for personal life
I’m a parent of polar opposite kids and I’m constantly trying to balance!! My kids seem to do a great job of helping me balance and telling me when it’s family time. When my daughter was born in 2020, I FELT my priorities adjust more and I know I’m taking more time to enjoy the kids now.
Not a parent, yet trying to give personal life and professional career a weighted balance
I am not a parent, but I make sure that life and work don’t affect each other. There needs to be a balance to be successful. Making sure that you set boundaries is very important.
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For me it is about knowing that when I am with family and friends, that I leave the laptop off and don’t bring my work out.
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Scheduling is key for me! Both kids are at elementary age, so still young. I want to be able to spend as much quality time with them that I can, but also want to remain successful in my career. It’s amazing how a well scheduling out your day keeps that work / life balance.
Create boundaries for work to help keep work from creeping into your family time
As somebody who has worked incredibly hard for most of my career, prioritising my professional life over my personal life, I have (eventually) found that wasn’t sustainable. For example, I worked six years with two jobs to build up enough money to get onto the London property ladder. While proud of that achievement, I did sacrifice a lot to do so.
Working in social media especially, it’s really hard to “switch-off”. But, it is possible. I use Google Sheets to plan at least one “thing” I want or need to do per day. That is my priority - be that a life admin task, going out on a date, seeing family, cleaning a room etc. If I’m on my own, music will be turned on, or the TV will be playing in the background.
I’m also putting boundaries on my phone - alerts when I’ve spent too much time on social media, for instance.
It’s not perfect, but it’s a work in progress.
I’m fortunate to work at a company that rarely sends emails out of hours and if they are, they can wait until the morning. The company also encourages a work/life balance, which is appreciated.
Making sure I only work my contracted hours and when I’m being a parent, am 100% present without phones or distractions 
Create boundaries for work to help keep work from creeping into your family time
You have to set limits and not take so much work home with you, you must always keep in mind that you must have some free time and it is necessary
I establish specific work hours and commit to stepping away from my work responsibilities when the day is done.
Time-blocking, pomodoro method, breaking projects into smaller tasks as team focus constantly switches up and certain interruptions being unavoidable, and using a variety of communication methods depending on the task or person. It’s important to be flexible to the constant change, while maintaining personal boundaries, as well as asking for feedback if you are not getting it, as everyone has different priorities or working environments. Taking time off intermittently has been beneficial to break up the 5-day work week monotony and incorporate more self-care, which often gets neglected. Oh - and touching some grass every once and a while!
I force myself and teams to take the PTO even if not weekly as a 3 day weekend of a mid day off day. I enforce leaving early for special events and showing them life is just as important.
Establishing limits at work, balance is essential.