Work/Life Balance

That's a big reason why I'm not pursuing surgery as a career in medicine, even though I'm competitive for it. Another doctor told me if you like surgery in addition to other things, strongly consider doing something else because you can still enjoy your work and have a better work/life balance. Other surgeons told me this, too, and to only do surgery if it's the only thing you can see yourself doing.

It's definitely an important quality of life. What good is more money if you don't have time to enjoy it?

As far as the other things you said, I usually dedicate a whole day or more for things like laundry, cleaning, bills, etc., but you gotta make time for fun, even if you don't think there is time. I've made time because I had to for mental health

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How do some of you other baws manage the balance between:

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I start with the understanding that I can’t do everything.

Carefully and constantly consider your priorities (and be honest and realistic about them), prioritize the important/urgent things and get to the rest as time allows. Don’t kill yourself trying to do things that you haven’t prioritized.

Can’t do everything all the time. Always on the go and have to miss certain things. Not easy. Just part of living as you mature.

- marriage (prioritize this, many don’t)

- kids (takes up all free time. Made the choice to have them and raise properly. That’s life. Enjoy them now, because once they have their own families, they will busy being in your current shoes.)

- job (pretty big must)

- hobbies (once kids have hobbies, you have none of your own. But it is just a long temporary. Understand this.)

- fitness (early morning, gotta get after it)

- extended family (sacrifice this)

- community (sacrifice this)

- working on the house (pay people)

I wake my arse up early and hours before everyone else to do some me time and knock shite out.

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marriage

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kids

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hobbies

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Good one

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between: - marriage - kids - job - hobbies - fitness - extended family - community - working on the house - and anything else I’m forgetting because balancing all of the above is a lot

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I work insane hours and I can only do it because my kids are out of the house and my husband is insanely supportive.

It's been a road but I'm here to tell you the only way I've been able to manage life is leaning on Christ. Looked for love in so many wrong places till I found it. Oh what a Daddy we all have.

By buying back as much time as I can, which is why my maid and yard service are some of the last budget items I would ever cut. I know some people find those kinds of things to be therapeutic, but it’s just a time sink for me. All I care about is the end result, so I’ll keep my several hours a week, thank you.

Find a career that you can build a life around, not a life that you can build a career around.

You’ll never truly be happy if you separate the two. If they are so intertwined that you can tell the difference, you’ve found bliss.

I don’t have work / life balance. I’m a turnaround worker.
I have been working 7 days a week 13 hours a day for the last 6 weeks.
I eat sleep shower and work.

Yes it sucks. I do make plenty of money.
Two kids in collage ain’t cheap. Hell my wife is a nurse.
I always wonder how you forty hour guys make it.