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Even work that you believe in and and would do for free can burn you out. The "work-life balance" idea comes from a fundamental reality that we are humans, with
by RUG3Y 9y ago
Even work that you believe in and and would do for free can burn you out. The "work-life balance" idea comes from a fundamental reality that we are humans, with varied needs. We need play, we need rest, we need certain kinds of interactions with each other and with our environment in order to live happy, healthy lives. No matter what your work (or "not-work") is, it can't possibly encompass all of those things.
- Kinnard 9y agoBut that's a work-rest balance, no? Parents often need to 'take a break from the kids' and 'get out of the house' . . . that's a necessary balancing but not a work/life balance. I'm not opposed to balancing, I just think the necessity of alternation doesn't equate to 'work/life balance'. Does it?
- RUG3Y 9y agoI feel like you're splitting hairs. If it's just a matter of terminology, what is there for us to discuss? I know that sounds blunt but I don't intend it to be rude. I feel like you can call it a work/rest balance if you want, but then you're categorizing a great many things that fall outside of "work" as "rest", while I might lump those things in with "life".