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Achieving a work life balance

By Giulia Draycott

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It's ok to ask for help

It may be tempting to try and do everything yourself, or to spend your precious leisure time bickering with your partner about whose turn it is to do the hoovering, but if you're looking for a better work life balance, it may simply be easier to choose the path of least resistance.

That's right. Get some help. Hire a cleaner. Send out the ironing. Pay a gardener to spruce up the garden. Book a babysitter. Stop being a martyr and go and have some fun. It's not always the cheapest option, but if you can afford it, it's probably money very well spent.

Discover a new dimension in your life

Sometimes the best way to solve a problem, is to stop worrying it over and turn your attention elsewhere. So if you'd love to enjoy a better work life balance, add a new dimension to your non-work life and allow the balance to adjust naturally.

If you're fed up with the amount of time you're spending at work, find a reason to leave on time. Yes it might be old advice, but taking up a new hobby could be just what you need to revive your personal life.

Exercising the body, or mind, is a great way to enhancing your well-being. So use your imagination and think of a new activity that you've always fancied doing. Book a dance class, sign up for an evening class, or join a gym (as long as that won't give you even more reason to loiter at work).

Even something as simple as organising a get together with the gang, a cinema trip with the kids, or a weekend away, could boost your mood and help you to remember that there is a life after work.

By focusing more on being happier and more productive in your private time, you may even find that your work life benefits from your new-found enthusiasm for life.