BALANCING WORK AND LIFE

How to balance work and life has become increasingly difficult to achieve nowadays. It is in our hands to find the activities that are using much of our time. We need to learn how to prioritize tasks and seek resources and aids that will help us reduce the time spent on less important activities and devote more to our life's interests.

Most of the time, we are caught in between two important responsibilities both needing immediate attention. Equal distribution of time is just impossible. We end up wrangling and bickering over lack of time. Not being able to finish a task on time is very frustrating.



Work and fun can come together in life if we want them to. Devoting time in work and projects for a specific period and then taking time off for relaxation without any word of work will enable us to wind up.


I always remind my piano students to take things in equal stride; never too happy, never too depressed. To excel academically and be guaranteed excellent results, I advice them to manage their time wisely, study in advance, review their notes everyday, and never, never cram for exams.

We can always mix two similar activities. In this way, we can relish the moment and get both tasks completed. Identifying things that matter the most carefully and removing the trivialities out of our schedule will help us devote time and energy to more important things.

TIME, TIME, TIME IS FAST ESCAPING ME!

How do we spend our time?

Of course, we have to spend a certain number of hours each by working, eating, sleeping, enjoying indoor and outdoor activities, thinking, reading, watching our favorite television shows, and many other worthwhile activities. But how do we spend the rest of our time?

What a person does in his free time depends on what he and his family are most interested in. Some work all the time and other play. Some take part in community services; others just don’t have time for that. We probably don’t have enough time to do everything that we would like to do, but somehow we manage to find time for the things that interest us most. When our interests change, so do our activities.

We have so many choices in life; if we choose things for the better, then we are taking the right path. More often than not, our friends are surprised when we no longer take interest in things like having a good time with them, things that would harm our health and our spiritual well being. They will never truly understand that if we are making wise choices we are entering a life of deeper enjoyment, full of worthwhile, satisfying activities that will give new purpose and meaning to our life.