I have been doing a lot of thinking and discussing our generation’s desire for a work/life balance. I am on a constant search for the right balance of business and personal life. In this moment I have decided maybe it isn’t balance we should be working to achieve. I think we need to work on our juggling skills.
At any given time I am juggling:
my career, spending quality time with my boyfriend, keeping up with my friends from college, spending time with my family, building my freelance business, a continual search of knowledge, learning to cook, budgeting, having fun time, blogging, and doing stand household things.
In response to Tiffany’s post A Generation of Paradox. I wrote that one of my biggest issues is learning how to deal with separate areas of my life.
I think it is ok to love cooking and also ok to love your job but when you spend your cooking time thinking that you should be working then really you don’t get to enjoy either aspect.
Do you think that learning to balance/juggle (whatever you want to call it) is a generational thing? Or do you think that is something everyone goes through at this particular stage in life.
It’s hard to say for me, because I don’t have much to compare to. I would imagine that when my mom was first out of college and recently married she struggled to find time for everything. I think probably that our generation has taken on a little more than those before us so we are dealing with the same juggling issue but we just have more balls up in the air at once. It is not uncommon for Gen Yers to have a full time job as well as do some sort of freelancing on the side.
What do you think? How do you juggle your life?
It is hard. I think our generation is more likely to be non-stop. Always have something lined up on their plate next.
I try to free myself from stress on the weekends and just relax. No talking about work. Just me time. & of course time with the boy ;)
I agree with Michelle, it is tough to manage everything well. It’s impossible to be a great employee, a great cook and so on. Or at least that is what I tell myself…
I have a hard time knowing if there are enough hours in a day to accomplish all the goals I set for myself (and in the end it never ends up being enough time). So, I think you are correct, it is a juggling issue. With the addition of biting off more than we can chew. This is true for me anyways.
With much difficulty and stress. Fortunately, I run on stress. I think most of our generation do, too. It’s probably not a great thing for us health-wise but we’re also more health-conscious so hopefully, it balances out in the end.