There is no such thing as work-life balance. There are work-life choices, you make them, and they have consequences. Period.

I don’t. Work-life balance was important when I was working in corporate because their work wasn’t a passion of mine.

As an entrepreneur my start-up is my passion and purpose, it is an important part of my life, not something to be balanced.

I workout during the day. 3 young kids at home.

Hire well. I have good managers. Three businesses total.

Delete fringe friends. Too busy.

Sleep & exercise consistency.

Avoid booze. Makes you lazy. Weed, sure.

Firstly I don’t think it truly exists for entrepreneurs working on the right projects, like it becomes all consuming and a bit of an obsession, work doesn’t feel like work it feels like pursuing a passion, my work is advising businesses yet here I am in my own time on a Sunday doing the same.

But practically I live by my calendar, everything including hobby and family time is time blocked religiously.

I’ve also optimised things like (I know it’s about small and stupid but for me it was like solving a puzzle I’ve been working on for years) - How to get her maximum number of gym sessions in- I switched from evening time M-W-F or T-T-S to F-S-S-M - why? Because ppl rarely work late on a Friday or a Monday so I’m guaranteed at least 3 workouts a week

I use calendly a lot for other people to book meetings and saves me having to do Email ping pong to find a suitable meeting time. I also have a pomodoro timer for meetings and focus time so I finish fast and lastly if I’m focusing I play alpha wave audio to help me focus.

YOu don’t. Work and life is mixed togehter as it should.

I don’t. It’s nearly 5am and I’m up researching business and checking Reddit. I should be asleep.

I work 7 days a week. Home when i can / need to be.

That’s the work life balance.

Hard with 3 kids but ill never work for someone again!

You need to think of it over a longer time frame. It’s all work for the first couple of years and the allows you to have a lot more “life” once the company is established and you can afford to hire managers.

Easy. Work 9-5 Mon to Fri. Also, work is part of life.

Work is life, life is work.

So if “work” went away as we know it and there was no trading my time for Money. I would have to work anyways for resources to survive.

So work life balance is just a buzz word, and it’s mostly used as a sales pitch for you to buy stuff to work more 😂

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Work-life balance doesn’t exist (IMHO). “Balance” suggests equal distribution among 2 or more things and real life doesn’t play out like that. It’s more of an integration. That said, it can help to theme your year.

Example: This is my year of growth. So the things (perhaps 1-3 things) you say “yes” to need to be strongly connected to that theme. Maybe it’s your year of cultivating connections. Or your year of self-improvement. Or your year of lean. Whatever your theme is, it has to be meaningful enough for you to say “no” to other things and go all in on your “yes.”

You might also theme your days so that you focus is on specific activities during the course of your day. That doesn’t mean you can’t or shouldn’t do anything else. You just give priority focus to your main theme. And leave room for the other parts of your life. Suggest using digital calendar and blocking out timeframes for work and personal priorities.

(this is not a science and will require testing, trial and error to see what works the best for you)

I have a good balance. Granted I have an established business, but even starting out I treated workouts and fun stuff as non-negotiable and worked around them. Now, I delegate almost everything, and what I can’t delegate I get done first thing in the morning. My current schedule is about 7:30-4:30 with a 2-3 hour break where I workout, run errands, and eat lunch. I don’t answer business calls once I get home.

I’m 37 married with a 15 month old, and an active social life and I run and coach a rugby team. Family always takes priority.

4 months a year I’m slammed, and I know it and I prepare for it. I shorten my workouts and increase intensity. On the weekends I prioritize on recovery and relaxing at least one day.

I always work on the most important things first, and I don’t put them off. Almost every distraction that comes can wait at least a few hours.

Workouts are as important as the work, because they reduce stress and increase energy and mood.

I stay out of the car as much as possible. When I am in the car, I make my phone calls.

I avoid meetings like the plague. I don’t do lunch or anything like that unless it fits in my schedule and I want to do it.

I prioritize social events and I don’t try to do them all. I tell fomo to f-off.

If it’s not important I don’t do it. Period.

I plan things I want to do in advance and I work around that and plan well ahead for my absence from the shop and office.

Most people spend too much time not doing the work and instead doing all the things around the work. I’m ruthlessly protective of my calendar, and I don’t do anything I don’t want to do, unless it helps a loved one, which still falls under the umbrella of something I want to do.

Prioritize, then prioritize your priorities, and do the most important things first.