Work-Life Balance Feels Like a Trap

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𝘛𝘩𝘦𝘳𝘦’𝘴 𝘴𝘰𝘮𝘦𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘤𝘰𝘮𝘧𝘰𝘳𝘵𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘢𝘣𝘰𝘶𝘵 𝘭𝘢𝘵𝘦 𝘯𝘪𝘨𝘩𝘵 𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘥𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘴𝘦𝘴𝘴𝘪𝘰𝘯. 𝘔𝘰𝘴𝘵 𝘪𝘮𝘱𝘰𝘳𝘵𝘢𝘯𝘵𝘭𝘺 𝘸𝘩𝘦𝘯 𝘪𝘵’𝘴 𝘥𝘰𝘯𝘦 𝘰𝘶𝘵 𝘰𝘧 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘴𝘰 𝘤𝘢𝘭𝘭𝘦𝘥 𝘳𝘰𝘶𝘵𝘪𝘯𝘦 𝘬𝘯𝘰𝘸𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘐 𝘸𝘳𝘦𝘤𝘬𝘦𝘥 𝘮𝘺 𝘴𝘭𝘦𝘦𝘱 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘩𝘢𝘣𝘪𝘵 𝘐’𝘷𝘦 𝘦𝘴𝘵𝘢𝘣𝘭𝘪𝘴𝘩𝘦𝘥. 𝘋𝘶𝘳𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘮𝘺 𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘥𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘴𝘦𝘴𝘴𝘪𝘰𝘯, 𝘐 𝘧𝘪𝘯𝘥 𝘲𝘶𝘪𝘦𝘵𝘯𝘦𝘴𝘴 𝘪𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘳𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘐 𝘧𝘪𝘯𝘥 𝘮𝘺𝘴𝘦𝘭𝘧 𝘳𝘦𝘧𝘭𝘦𝘤𝘵𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘧𝘪𝘯𝘢𝘭𝘭𝘺 𝘨𝘦𝘵𝘵𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘢 𝘤𝘭𝘢𝘳𝘪𝘵𝘺 𝘰𝘧 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘩𝘢𝘴 𝘣𝘦𝘦𝘯 𝘣𝘶𝘻𝘻𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘪𝘯 𝘮𝘺 𝘩𝘦𝘢𝘥 𝘧𝘰𝘳 𝘥𝘢𝘺𝘴.

𝘙𝘦𝘤𝘦𝘯𝘵𝘭𝘺, 𝘐 𝘧𝘪𝘯𝘥 𝘮𝘺𝘴𝘦𝘭𝘧 𝘧𝘪𝘨𝘩𝘵𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘰𝘷𝘦𝘳 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘪𝘥𝘦𝘢 𝘰𝘧 𝘸𝘰𝘳𝘬, 𝘭𝘪𝘧𝘦 & 𝘣𝘢𝘭𝘢𝘯𝘤𝘦. 𝘛𝘩𝘦 𝘪𝘥𝘦𝘢 𝘪𝘴 𝘦𝘷𝘦𝘳𝘺𝘸𝘩𝘦𝘳𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘪𝘵 𝘴𝘦𝘦𝘮 𝘷𝘪𝘳𝘵𝘶𝘰𝘶𝘴 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘵𝘳𝘦𝘯𝘥𝘺 𝘵𝘰 𝘦𝘹𝘱𝘦𝘤𝘵 𝘴𝘶𝘤𝘩. 𝘏𝘰𝘸𝘦𝘷𝘦𝘳, 𝘐’𝘷𝘦 𝘵𝘳𝘪𝘦𝘥 𝘣𝘶𝘵 𝘐 𝘧𝘪𝘯𝘥 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘬𝘪𝘯𝘥 𝘰𝘧 𝘭𝘪𝘧𝘦 𝘪𝘯𝘴𝘵𝘦𝘢𝘥 𝘰𝘧 𝘩𝘦𝘭𝘱𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘮𝘦 𝘱𝘳𝘰𝘨𝘳𝘦𝘴𝘴 𝘮𝘢𝘥𝘦 𝘮𝘦 𝘧𝘦𝘦𝘭 𝘴𝘵𝘶𝘤𝘬 𝘰𝘯 𝘢 𝘭𝘰𝘰𝘱. 𝘐 𝘥𝘰𝘯’𝘵 𝘬𝘯𝘰𝘸 𝘢𝘣𝘰𝘶𝘵 𝘺’𝘢𝘭𝘭 𝘪𝘵 𝘫𝘶𝘴𝘵 𝘪𝘴𝘯’𝘵 𝘧𝘰𝘳 𝘮𝘦.

𝘍𝘰𝘳 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘮𝘰𝘴𝘵 𝘱𝘢𝘳𝘵, 𝘮𝘺 𝘧𝘳𝘪𝘦𝘯𝘥𝘴 𝘢𝘳𝘦 𝘢𝘭𝘭 𝘰𝘷𝘦𝘳. 𝘐𝘵’𝘴 𝘯𝘰𝘵 𝘭𝘪𝘬𝘦 𝘐 𝘤𝘢𝘯 𝘩𝘢𝘯𝘨 𝘰𝘶𝘵 𝘸𝘪𝘵𝘩 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘮 𝘦𝘷𝘦𝘳𝘺 𝘚𝘶𝘯𝘥𝘢𝘺 𝘢𝘵 𝘢 𝘸𝘩𝘪𝘮, 𝘢𝘵 𝘣𝘦𝘴𝘵 𝘸𝘦’𝘭𝘭 𝘮𝘦𝘦𝘵 𝘰𝘯𝘤𝘦 𝘦𝘷𝘦𝘳𝘺 𝘧𝘦𝘸 𝘮𝘰𝘯𝘵𝘩𝘴 𝘰𝘳 𝘺𝘦𝘢𝘳𝘴. 𝘐 𝘢𝘮 𝘢𝘭𝘴𝘰 𝘯𝘰𝘵 𝘵𝘰𝘰 𝘴𝘰𝘤𝘪𝘢𝘭 𝘶𝘯𝘭𝘦𝘴𝘴 𝘐 𝘥𝘦𝘤𝘪𝘥𝘦𝘥 𝘵𝘰 𝘭𝘪𝘷𝘦 𝘢𝘯 𝘢𝘥𝘷𝘦𝘯𝘵𝘶𝘳𝘰𝘶𝘴 𝘭𝘪𝘧𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘩𝘢𝘱𝘱𝘦𝘯𝘴 𝘰𝘯𝘤𝘦 𝘦𝘷𝘦𝘳𝘺 𝘧𝘦𝘸 𝘮𝘰𝘯𝘵𝘩𝘴. 𝘚𝘰, 𝘪𝘯 𝘮𝘺 𝘥𝘢𝘺 𝘵𝘰 𝘥𝘢𝘺 𝘭𝘪𝘧𝘦, 𝘸𝘰𝘳𝘬 𝘭𝘪𝘧𝘦 𝘣𝘢𝘭𝘢𝘯𝘤𝘦 𝘥𝘰𝘦𝘴𝘯’𝘵 𝘴𝘦𝘦𝘮 𝘲𝘶𝘪𝘵𝘦 𝘧𝘪𝘵𝘵𝘪𝘯𝘨. 𝘐 𝘸𝘰𝘶𝘭𝘥 𝘳𝘢𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘳 𝘴𝘱𝘦𝘯𝘥 𝘪𝘵 𝘰𝘯 𝘸𝘰𝘳𝘬𝘪𝘯𝘨, 𝘮𝘢𝘬𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘮𝘰𝘯𝘦𝘺 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘯 𝘭𝘪𝘬𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘴𝘦 𝘥𝘢𝘺𝘴 𝘩𝘢𝘷𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘢 𝘭𝘰𝘵 𝘰𝘧 𝘵𝘪𝘮𝘦 𝘫𝘶𝘴𝘵 𝘵𝘰 𝘪𝘥𝘭𝘦 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘤𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘸𝘪𝘵𝘩 𝘮𝘺 𝘱𝘢𝘳𝘦𝘯𝘵𝘴 𝘭𝘪𝘬𝘦 𝘐’𝘷𝘦 𝘨𝘰𝘵 𝘯𝘰𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘣𝘦𝘵𝘵𝘦𝘳 𝘵𝘰 𝘥𝘰. 𝘈𝘭𝘭 𝘐 𝘥𝘪𝘥 𝘫𝘶𝘴𝘵 𝘣𝘦𝘤𝘢𝘶𝘴𝘦 𝘐 𝘸𝘢𝘯𝘵𝘦𝘥 𝘵𝘰 𝘴𝘵𝘳𝘪𝘤𝘵𝘭𝘺 𝘧𝘰𝘭𝘭𝘰𝘸𝘦𝘥 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘳𝘰𝘶𝘵𝘪𝘯𝘦 𝘐’𝘷𝘦 𝘦𝘴𝘵𝘢𝘣𝘭𝘪𝘴𝘩𝘦𝘥.

𝘐 𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘯𝘬 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘴𝘦 𝘥𝘢𝘺𝘴 𝘐 𝘧𝘦𝘭𝘵 𝘭𝘪𝘬𝘦 𝘸𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘵𝘳𝘶𝘭𝘺 𝘭𝘪𝘧𝘦 𝘪𝘴 𝘸𝘪𝘵𝘩 𝘸𝘰𝘳𝘬,𝘭𝘪𝘧𝘦,𝘣𝘢𝘭𝘢𝘯𝘤𝘦. 𝘐𝘵’𝘴 𝘴𝘶𝘤𝘩 𝘢 𝘴𝘭𝘰𝘸 𝘭𝘪𝘷𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘣𝘶𝘵 𝘪𝘵’𝘴 𝘯𝘰𝘵 𝘧𝘰𝘳 𝘮𝘦. 𝘐 𝘢𝘮 𝘴𝘵𝘳𝘦𝘴𝘴𝘦𝘥 𝘧𝘰𝘳 𝘮𝘰𝘳𝘦 𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘴𝘰𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘦𝘷𝘦𝘳𝘺𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘧𝘦𝘦𝘭𝘴 𝘢 𝘭𝘪𝘵𝘵𝘭𝘦 𝘴𝘭𝘰𝘸𝘦𝘳. 𝘏𝘰𝘸𝘦𝘷𝘦𝘳, 𝘐 𝘥𝘰 𝘢𝘱𝘱𝘳𝘦𝘤𝘪𝘢𝘵𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘪𝘵 𝘸𝘢𝘴 𝘢 𝘨𝘰𝘰𝘥 𝘱𝘦𝘳𝘪𝘰𝘥 𝘰𝘧 𝘵𝘪𝘮𝘦 𝘰𝘧 𝘣𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘬 𝘧𝘳𝘰𝘮 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘯𝘨𝘴 𝘪𝘯 𝘮𝘺 𝘭𝘪𝘧𝘦. 𝘐 𝘥𝘰𝘯’𝘵 𝘬𝘯𝘰𝘸 𝘸𝘩𝘦𝘳𝘦 𝘐’𝘥 𝘣𝘦 𝘪𝘯 𝘢𝘣𝘰𝘶𝘵 3-4 𝘮𝘰𝘯𝘵𝘩𝘴 𝘣𝘶𝘵 𝘐 𝘢𝘮 𝘰𝘷𝘦𝘳𝘭𝘺 𝘦𝘹𝘤𝘪𝘵𝘦𝘥 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘧𝘢𝘤𝘵 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘐 𝘢𝘮 𝘣𝘢𝘤𝘬 𝘩𝘶𝘴𝘵𝘭𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘢𝘨𝘢𝘪𝘯.

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	𝘔𝘢𝘤 𝘪𝘴 𝘢 𝘴𝘦𝘭𝘧-𝘦𝘮𝘱𝘭𝘰𝘺𝘦𝘥 𝘯𝘪𝘯𝘫𝘢 & 𝘤𝘰𝘧𝘧𝘦𝘦 𝘤𝘰𝘯𝘯𝘰𝘪𝘴𝘴𝘦𝘶𝘳 . 𝘈 𝘵𝘺𝘱𝘪𝘤𝘢𝘭 𝘪𝘯𝘵𝘳𝘰𝘷𝘦𝘳𝘵 𝘪𝘯 𝘭𝘰𝘷𝘦 𝘸𝘪𝘵𝘩 𝘭𝘪𝘵𝘦𝘳𝘢𝘵𝘶𝘳𝘦, 𝘣𝘰𝘰𝘬𝘴, 𝘵𝘦𝘤𝘩𝘯𝘰𝘭𝘰𝘨𝘺 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘱𝘩𝘪𝘭𝘰𝘴𝘰𝘱𝘩𝘺. 𝘛𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘪𝘴 𝘩𝘦𝘳 𝘱𝘦𝘳𝘴𝘰𝘯𝘢𝘭 𝘣𝘭𝘰𝘨, 𝘢 𝘳𝘦𝘧𝘭𝘦𝘤𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯 𝘰𝘧 𝘩𝘦𝘳 𝘸𝘢𝘯𝘥𝘦𝘳𝘭𝘶𝘴𝘵 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘳𝘴𝘵 𝘧𝘰𝘳 𝘬𝘯𝘰𝘸𝘭𝘦𝘥𝘨𝘦. 𝘚𝘩𝘦 𝘰𝘧𝘵𝘦𝘯 𝘤𝘰𝘷𝘦𝘳𝘴 𝘣𝘰𝘰𝘬𝘴, 𝘮𝘰𝘷𝘪𝘦 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘴𝘦𝘳𝘪𝘦𝘴 𝘳𝘦𝘷𝘪𝘦𝘸𝘴, 𝘵𝘦𝘤𝘩 𝘳𝘦𝘷𝘪𝘦𝘸𝘴 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘵𝘳𝘦𝘯𝘥𝘴, 𝘱𝘩𝘰𝘵𝘰𝘨𝘳𝘢𝘱𝘩𝘺, 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘱𝘦𝘳𝘴𝘰𝘯𝘢𝘭 𝘥𝘦𝘷𝘦𝘭𝘰𝘱𝘮𝘦𝘯𝘵. 𝘖𝘯𝘤𝘦 𝘪𝘯 𝘢 𝘣𝘭𝘶𝘦 𝘮𝘰𝘰𝘯, 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘤𝘢𝘯 𝘧𝘪𝘯𝘥 𝘩𝘦𝘳 𝘵𝘳𝘢𝘷𝘦𝘭𝘪𝘯𝘨, 𝘪𝘮𝘮𝘦𝘳𝘴𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘩𝘦𝘳𝘴𝘦𝘭𝘧 𝘪𝘯 𝘭𝘰𝘤𝘢𝘭 𝘤𝘶𝘭𝘵𝘶𝘳𝘦𝘴 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘵𝘳𝘢𝘥𝘪𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯𝘴, 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘵𝘢𝘬𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘱𝘪𝘤𝘵𝘶𝘳𝘦𝘴 𝘰𝘧 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘣𝘦𝘢𝘶𝘵𝘪𝘧𝘶𝘭 𝘴𝘪𝘨𝘩𝘵𝘴 𝘴𝘩𝘦 𝘦𝘯𝘤𝘰𝘶𝘯𝘵𝘦𝘳𝘴 𝘢𝘭𝘰𝘯𝘨 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘸𝘢𝘺. 𝘚𝘩𝘦'𝘴 𝘢𝘯 𝘰𝘤𝘤𝘢𝘴𝘪𝘰𝘯𝘢𝘭 𝘧𝘰𝘰𝘥𝘪𝘦 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘭𝘰𝘷𝘦𝘴 𝘵𝘰 𝘦𝘹𝘱𝘭𝘰𝘳𝘦 𝘯𝘦𝘸 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘥𝘦𝘭𝘪𝘤𝘪𝘰𝘶𝘴 𝘤𝘶𝘭𝘪𝘯𝘢𝘳𝘺 𝘦𝘹𝘱𝘦𝘳𝘪𝘦𝘯𝘤𝘦𝘴. 𝘍𝘰𝘭𝘭𝘰𝘸 𝘢𝘭𝘰𝘯𝘨 𝘰𝘯 𝘩𝘦𝘳 𝘢𝘥𝘷𝘦𝘯𝘵𝘶𝘳𝘦𝘴 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘫𝘰𝘪𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘤𝘰𝘯𝘷𝘦𝘳𝘴𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯! 𝘋𝘰𝘯'𝘵 𝘩𝘦𝘴𝘪𝘵𝘢𝘵𝘦 𝘵𝘰 𝘶𝘱𝘷𝘰𝘵𝘦, 𝘭𝘦𝘢𝘷𝘦 𝘢 𝘤𝘰𝘮𝘮𝘦𝘯𝘵 𝘰𝘳 𝘢 𝘧𝘦𝘦𝘥𝘣𝘢𝘤𝘬. 𝘈 𝘳𝘦-𝘣𝘭𝘰𝘨 𝘪𝘴 𝘢𝘭𝘴𝘰 𝘢𝘱𝘱𝘳𝘦𝘤𝘪𝘢𝘵𝘦𝘥 𝘵𝘰𝘰.

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wanderingmoon (63) 6 months ago

I think most things that are discussed like this particular topic are important to consider because it is not going to be for everyone.

I would love to see more people discuss how this may or may not work for them.

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macchiata (79)Self Employed Badass 6 months ago

It's definitely not going to be everyone. I spent my early 20's hustling and I love it but as I am slowing down, I get frustrated 😄 as in, I am not making any new moves in life. But this type of thing can work for others and I know quite a few family and friends like that.

jane911x (70) 6 months ago

For some, work life balance is the goal. But being burned out or feeling stuck in the loop is always the case for most people.

Yeah, it's not my current goal since it's making me feeling stuck :D

namiks (76)Ranting with frugality 6 months ago

Falling asleep reading without intending to fall asleep is one of the most comforting outcomes there is. I find some of the best sleeps I've had came from reading and accidentally falling asleep. I should get back into that.

some of the best sleeps I've had came from reading and accidentally falling asleep.

This! that's how I fall asleep most of the time. I don't need like 6 hours or something,just 2-3 hours great quality of sleep is all I need 😄

honeydue (76) 6 months ago

It took me a while of trying to make sense of your mug before I realized it's actually Starbucks. I'd gotten as far as "Stab C.K.".

at the end of the day, you do you (to use a cliche here). Who cares if your particular take on balance doesn't fit the trending bill or wouldn't work for others? All that matters is it works for you.

hahahahah Stab C.K would have been hilarious. I guess I am pretty much an experimental person, I love trying things out only to find they often don't really work for me 😅 and have the habit of feeling guilty when I decided to do things that matter/works for me.

$0.02

wolfofnostreet (71)BadassOfNoStreet 6 months ago

We have to adjust our pace at the different phases of our lives. The key is to adapt to our present as there's no one cut-out rule.

Yep! adapting is super important!

liveofdalla (75) 6 months ago

In the last few months you went through some difficult times Mac, sometimes after that getting used to calmness costs a little bit. But it is right and necessary that now you have this moment of balance so that everything takes its course again. You are doing very well, I congratulate you for being so resilient and adapting so quickly to such big changes. You are strong!

haha yeah calmness definitely cost quite a bit. It's crazy how things have been these past few months. I am just glad most of it are over.

riverflows (80)Ranting Down Undah 6 months ago

Ah, the old work life balance. It's always a work in progress.

It's always a work in progress.

Pretty much!

cmplxty (76)Rant Community Owner 6 months ago

I think it can be a trap for those that are entrepreneurs like yourself. You have to put in more effort than others because you need to do the work in order to survive whereas people who work for a company can do it when they want up to a limit of getting fired. I think the work life balance thing is more geared towards them, or people who left the corporate world and became entrepreneurs to slow down a bit perhaps.

hahahaha yeah! it's not so fitting for myself but I also see a lot of my family who are entrepreneurs also have work,life,balance but also they work 6 days a week. Same with people around me, they typically close on Sunday for the church and a lot of store here close one day a week.

tengolotodo (75) 6 months ago

We are all different and wlb changes over time. For me it even changes with the seasons, in winter for example I work more as the weather is even more shite and I am outside less often.

Just find what works for you Mac on any given day and fluff the rest.

macchiata (79)Self Employed Badass 5 months ago

haha yep! I feel like I am a lot wiser in the past than now for some reason :D