The delicate dance of balance

How do you balance work and home life?

Sometimes life balances you and sometimes you balance life. It’s a delicate dance of love, harmony and peace.

I don’t believe there is any such thing called a work-life balance. Each deserves its own level of time, space and commitment.

In my twenty years of work-life I have come to realize that work is as much in a relationship with you as you are with it. The more you give your work the more work will give you in return. In my twenty years of work-life my work gave me a lot including the time I needed outside work.

There were times when all I did was work. Come weekends, come mornings, come nights, come evenings, come festivals I was working. Work needed me. So I gave it my everything.

But then there were times when my life needed me more than work. So my work made space for the rest of my life to take over. My work trusted me to leave it for a while to attend to the rest of my life. And so I did.

In this time when I had taken some time-off work I did everything I could to attend to the other areas of my life. My health, my family, my love, my relationships – I made time for all of it while work balanced my life for me. And then when I got back from my escapades work was there, to welcome me with open arms.

Then there were times when I needed time at home as much as I needed time with work. During these times work made sure to support me as I gave myself and my home the needed time while also fulfilling my work responsibilities. Work ensured that I had time to cook and clean and live a comfortable life while it stayed by my side.

Work has danced with me with finesse as I managed the delicate dance to love it with all my heart as I loved all else in life!

There is no such thing as work-life balance, each has its own space, time and commitment! And the more you give it their worth the more they both will give you back in return!