Work Life Balance Myth
18 Sept 2023 · 1 min
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Work-life balance as a 50-50 split is a myth. A solopreneur tax professional worked 12-hour days and burned out, then found that sticking to 8 hours improved everything else. Try it for a week.
Work-life balance as a 50-50 split is a myth. A solopreneur tax professional worked 12-hour days and burned out, then found that sticking to 8 hours improved everything else. Try it for a week.
Work-life balance, common phrase that we hear. My team members use it at Insight Tax. I've put it in my book, The 3.3 Rule, but it's a phrase I don't love. Balance by definition is talking about some sort of equal distribution. So there's symmetrical balance. So if I have 24 hours in the day, that means work-life balance is 12 hours of work, 12 hours of life. I can tell you from experience when I wasn't living The 3.3 Rule, When I wasn't taking adequate breaks, I was working my tail off as a solopreneur tax professional. 12 hours a day is not sustainable for most normal people. And if you're listening to me and you're like, well, it is for me, I just, I challenge you to look at that again. Try working a normal week then. If you're finding yourself working 12 hours or more a day, do a week with only 8 hours. I think you're going to find that other elements of your life are going to improve.
