Being “Balanced” Can Derail Our Plan For Greatness 03/31/2016 Idyllic Notions of Work-Life Balance For some reason, experts tell us we should have this thing called "work-life balance." At one time I strived for balance, too, and then I realized it was a losing battle. Most of all, it bored me. “But, Jan” … “You can’t work yourself to death.” No, you can’t. That’s not what I’m talking about. Work-life balance is an idyllic notion and ends up creating feelings of inadequacies when we can’t make it work in our own lives. The problem with the term
Idyllic Notions of Work-Life Balance For some reason, experts tell us we should have this thing called "work-life balance." At one time I strived for balance, too, and then I realized it was a losing battle. Most of all, it bored me. “But, Jan” … “You can’t work yourself to death.” No, you can’t. That’s not what I’m talking about. Work-life balance is an idyllic notion and ends up creating feelings of inadequacies when we can’t make it work in our own lives. The problem with the term
