Futurist Speaker Glen Hiemstra | A Life Balance Tool. By Tracie Hiemstra, 2001 Choices can be overwhelming, confusing, and elusive. When you find yourself being bombarded with too many choices, divide them into two categories: Energy Inflow or Energy Outflow. The Life Balance Scale© can be a useful tool to remind ourselves to create energy, not just use it. Working from the bottom, our choices are based upon our beliefs, culture, history, instinct, values, and vision. From these we intentionally create harmony between inflow and outflow of energy. The Life Balance Scale (click to view full size) Creating Energy Inflow is more challenging than distributing it, primarily because we tend to think that it is selfish to care for ourselves.
Spiritual Growth: may be experienced through people, events, scripture, the natural world, individual experience, inspiration, your inner world, society, institutions, insight, imagination, reason, speculation, relationships, emotions, order or disorder. How to find a Work/Life balance with iMindMap. With iMindMap 5 at the forefront of everyone’s minds at ThinkBuzan, days are starting earlier and finishing later, and our developers are a hair’s breadth from bringing sleeping bags to work. Every provision has been made to make the office feel more homely for those burning the midnight oil (we now have a pool table, sofas and a fully stocked snack corner). Despite the good mood and energy in the office, this trend of ‘workaholism’ in the organisation has got us thinking about that clichéd concept of a work/life balance. Is it possible to have the rewarding career and still maintain a fulfilling home life? How can we have it all? A good place to start on the road to a more zen-like existence is to get a picture of exactly where you are right now.
If so, fear not! Go through your map, both sides of it, and delete anything that is a non-negotiable. These are your priorities and these are what you should build your time around. Tags: iMindMap, Tips, Work. Work/life balance calculator. Thinking Like Harry » Blog Archive » Work/Life Balance – there’s a calculator!!! Daneen Kiger, Marketing Director – Global Channel Operations @ Ergotron I was recently thinking about how many free hours do I really have to do something or nothing in my life, and came across this work/life calculator on ccn.com. Daneen's Work Life Balance I work and sleep 62% of my time, so 38% of my time I get to do whatever I want?? Here are some examples of what fills up my week: Meals – 2.5 hours a day…during the week-quick and easy; weekends bigger meals and an occasional night out. (10%) Commute – luckily my commute is only up to half hour each way – an hour a day without any traffic. (2%) Leisure – exercise, reading, shopping, photography, on the computer, DVR TV, events. (10%) Chores – I spend at least eight hours a week on laundry for 5 people and cleaning the house.
Kids Activities (not an official category in the calculator) – this week mine adds up to 16.5 hours of homework help, baseball games/practice, religion classes and a choir concert. (10%) The Wheel of Life - Finding Balance in Your Life - Time Management Techniques from MindTools. Finding Balance in Your Life "Wheel of Life" is a trademark of Meyer Resource Group, Inc. "Success Motivation" is a trademark of Success Motivation, Inc. (see www.success-motivation.com). We have no association or connection with these organizations. Put your life under the microscope. © iStockphoto/Snowleopard1 When life is busy, or all your energy is focused on a special project, it's all too easy to find yourself off balance, not paying enough attention to important areas of your life. That's when it's time to take a "helicopter view" of your life, so that you can bring things back into balance.
This is where the Wheel of Life® (or Life Wheel) can help. Figure 1 below shows an example wheel of life with example "dimensions" (we'll explain how to choose the right areas of life or dimensions for you below). Figure 1 – Wheel of Life Example Using the Tool There are two ways you can use this tool. Alternatively, use the following steps to create your Life Wheel by hand and assess your balance. 5 Tips for Better Work-Life Balance. If you're finding it more challenging than ever to juggle the demands of your job and the rest of your life, you're not alone.
Many people are putting in extra hours, or using their smartphones to be on call when they're not physically at work. "A lot of people are having a more difficult time finding balance in their lives because there have been cutbacks or layoffs where they work. They're afraid it may happen to them, so they're putting in more hours," says psychologist Robert Brooks, PhD, co-author of The Power of Resilience: Achieving Balance, Confidence, and Personal Strength in Your Life.
"But even if you don't have much control over the hours you have to work, you can ask yourself: In what other ways am I bringing greater enjoyment into my life? " Here are five ways to bring a little more balance to your daily routine: 1. When you plan your week, make it a point to schedule time with your family and friends, and activities that help you recharge. Sync Health.