Most people are busy everyday with their work. My former branch manager is one of them. She works from early morning till late evening, from Monday to Saturday sometime Sunday and public holidays. Is her life balance? The answer definitely is NO.

There are 7 tips here to share in order to have life balance with live more authentic and meaningful life:

Life Management Skills for Stress Management – Determine Your Values

What is most important to you? Rank at least three things that bring your life purpose and meaning. This is part of planning to reach life balance.

Life Management Skills for Stress Management – Does Your Life Reflect Your Values?

Evaluate how you spend your time vs. how you’d prefer to spend your time. If, for example, the most important things to you are your family and your music…why are you spending all your time at the office? Sure, you have to make a living. Could you make a living doing what you love? Don’t discount that idea so quickly. Or perhaps you enjoy your work, but does it need to consume 10-12-14-16 hours of your day? If that’s the case, there’s certainly minimal, if any, time left for you, family or friends at the end of the day. Perhaps this is what you are noticing in your life now.

If you draw a circle with reflecting your life value, then you will notice whether your life balance or lack of certain things.

Life Management Skills for Stress Management – Learn to Say ‘No’

Often times, trying to do it all is what causes people to lead off-balance lives. It might not be easy for you, but saying ‘no’ to the things, events, responsibilities that don’t interest you is your right. Do not be afraid of hurting someone’s feelings upon declining an invitation; you are not responsible for how someone feels. If they are upset, it is something they can sort out themselves. Opportunities will present themselves that you would enjoy taking part in, but don’t have the time or energy for. You can choose to remove other things from your plate in order to make time for that special event or you can be assured that other opportunities will arise in the future. When you say ‘no’ to what you can’t do, you show up for what you can do. This prevents you from appearing unreliable, but most importantly, you respected yourself and look forward for your life balance.


Life Management Skills for Stress Management – Be the Driver of your own Life!

Don’t let someone else take the wheel! Perhaps some of you have switched seats and are sitting in the passenger seat. Some of you might be in the back seat. Even worse, you might not even be in the car at all! Someone else is really leading your life then. If that is the case, you can’t even see where the car (your life) is going! So, don’t even talk about life balance. This is why it is important to take control of your life. The keys should only remain in your property. Don’t loan or give them out to others. They have their own lives to lead. If they are not leading their own lives, or are attempting to lead (control) yours, this is where learning to say ‘no’ comes in handy.

Life Management Skills for Stress Management – Avoid Procrastination

Procrastinating can waste your valuable time and consequently effect our life balance. There are always tasks we do not enjoy doing as much as others. Getting those tasks out of the way, however, will allow you to have greater enthusiasm for life and enough time and energy to participate in the things you love to do.

Life Management Skills for Stress Management – Add Fun and Relaxation

Life is going on and it is essential to make time for doing the things you truly enjoy. That might be a challenge for you, but without creating time for fun and relaxation you can easily become burnt-out and uncertain that rejuvenation is possible. This is helps in life balance with meaningful.

Life Management Skills for Stress Management – Get Support

Just as having a workout buddy helps you stay focused and motivated at the gym, having people in your life (friend, family, mentor) that help hold you accountable for your life goals is important. This helps you focus on what you want in life and allows you to go about achieving it. Asking for help does not display weakness, it exhibits strength. It takes courage to learn new skills, but it makes you stronger and more self-aware. Your life truly can be as meaningful as you desire. If you want to make positive changes and having life balance, now is the time to take action.

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