How to Maintain a Work-Life Balance?
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If you need not worry about your work when you’re not working, it’s a sign of good work-life balance.
Do you feel stressed or overwhelmed at work?
Are you always anxious about your work?
Do you sometimes feel burnout and depressed during non-working hours?
These are the symptoms of work stress which has negative effects on the physical and mental health in the long run.
With the rise in hybrid work model, there is no clear-cut of work and rest. We should explore smarter strategies to achieve a healthier work-life balance.
Here are the five tips for you.
1. Set Boundaries
Although remote work causes the shortage of work-life boundaries, we should try to set specific work hours. We keep to a routine by blocking out specific times for responding to emails, preparing tasks and taking proper breaks. Having set boundaries, we can avoid burnout due to the never-ending working hours. It’s also a signal to our teammates and boss that we may not be accessible after certain time. They should not expect us to be available around the clock.
2. Prioritise Tasks
If we’ve a clearer picture of the tasks in the to-do-list, we can manage our time more effectively. By listing out the importance, urgency and complexity of each task, we can spend our time in a way that line up with the priorities. We can then focus on the most important tasks that has been put under the spotlight. It can help reducing our stressful feeling and the tasks can be completed according to the required timeline.
3. Learn to Say “no”
The requests from bosses are sometimes unreasonable. Learning when to say “no” is essential to protecting ourselves from overloading. When facing the unrealistic expectation in the role, we should ask questions to understand the details before making commitment. Alternatively, we can propose a task reshuffle owing to the change of priority. If there is no other solution, we can politely explain the existing capacity issue. Saying no does not represent negative reply or irresponsible attitude.
4. Take Good Care of Our Health
We should treat our physical and mental health as top priorities. Taking good care of our health is critical to our growth. We should be disciplined to perform regular exercise which helps combating stress and depression. We should have a balanced diet which helps staying strong and healthy. We should also get enough sleep which helps recovering and recharging. As a result, it boosts our mood and energy level.
5. Spend Time for Family and Friends
Spending quality time with family and friends can help us relaxing and recharging. When we have chat and dine with family members, it provides us the opportunity to share opinions and express feeling. It helps one another and strengthens family relationships. We should also mark our diary to schedule regular social gatherings with friends. They play a significant role in boosting our happiness, reducing stress and providing social support. Reaching out to people and having lasting memories can promote our overall health.
WITH CHINESE SCRIPT
良好的工作與生活平衡意味著什麼？
如果您在不須工作時不必擔心工作，這是工作與生活良好平衡的跡象。
您在工作中是否感到壓力或不知所措？
你是否總是為工作而焦慮？
您有時會在非工作時間感到疲勞過度和沮喪嗎？
這些都是工作壓力的症狀，長遠來看會對身心健康產生負面影響。
隨著混合工作模式的興起，工作和休息沒有清晰界線，我們應該發掘更明智的策略來實現更健康的工作與生活平衡。
以下是為您提供的五個建議。
1. 設定界線
雖然遠距工作導致失去工作與生活的界線，但我們應該盡量設定具體的工作時間，我們須要保持常規於指定特定時間回覆電子郵件、準備工作和適當休息。設定界線後，我們就可以避免因永無止境的工作時間而導致的疲勞過度、這也是向我們的團隊同事和老闆發出的信號，表明我們可能在某些時間後無法聯繫，他們不應該期望我們全天候工作。
2. 工作排序
如果我們對待待辦事項清單中的工作有更清晰的了解，我們就可以更有效地管理時間，透過列出每項工作的重要性、緊迫性和複雜性，我們可以根據優先事項來安排時間，然後我們就可以專注於受到關注的最重要的工作，它可以幫助減輕我們的壓力感，並且可以按照要求的時間表完成工作。
3. 學會說“不”
老闆的要求有時是無理的，學會何時說「不」對於保護自己免於超負荷的工作至關重要。當面對職務不切實際的期望時，我們應該在做出承諾之前提出問題以了解細節。或者，我們可以根據優先次序的變化提出工作的重新安排，如果沒有其他解決方案，我們可以禮貌地解釋現有的能力問題，說「不」並不代表負面的回覆或不盡責的態度。
4. 照顧好我們的健康
我們應該把我們的身心健康視為首要，照顧好我們的健康對我們的成長至關重要，我們應該遵守規律進行運動，這有助於對抗壓力和憂鬱，我們應該有均衡的飲食，這有助於保持強壯和健康，我們還應該獲得充足的睡眠，這有助於復元和充電。因此，健康可以提高我們的情緒和能量水平。
5. 花時間陪伴家人朋友
與家人和朋友共度美好時光可以幫助我們放鬆和充電，當我們與家人聊天及吃飯時，我們可以有分享意見及表達情感的機會，我們與家人可以互相幫助，並加強家庭關係，我們也應該在日記上標記，安排與朋友的定期社交聚會，這可以提高我們的快樂感、減輕壓力和提供社交的支持，這些都發揮著重要作用，與人相聚並及有恆久的回憶可以促進我們的整體健康。