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Be More Productive Keep Your Work / Life Balance in Check
6 Work / Life Balance in Check
Tips for Keeping Your
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Work / Life Balance TIP SHEET
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HAVE ( AND STICK WITH ) A DAILY ROUTINE
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• Try to wake up at the same time each day and follow the same process – make your coffee , pack your lunch , skim your favorite news source , go to the gym – whatever it is , do it the same way every day .
• Once you get to the office , have a routine there too . Get a cup of tea and spend the first 15 minutes reviewing emails , for example , and go to lunch at the same time every day .
Tips for Keeping Your Work / Life Balance in Check
TIP # 4 OUTSOURCE BUSYWORK
• Figure out which tasks make the best use of your limited time and focus your efforts there . Then hire help for the other tasks . Use freelance workers to help with paper filing , investigative work , or other busywork .
• Do the same thing at home : Can you outsource house cleaning ? Yard work ? Grocery shopping ? At home , it might not cost you a dime because it might be a matter of simply delegating rather than
Are you feeling like bankruptcy clients , motions and hearings are taking over your life ?
TIP # 5 TAKE YOUR VACATION
• Not taking your vacation only lowers your productivity . Even if your vacation is staying at home for a week ( for a “ staycation ”), or just two extra days for a 4-day weekend , it ’ s worth it to get some downtime and rejuvenate .
• And remember : You boss wants you to take vacation time so you can come back with renewed energy and productivity .
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Work / life balance can be a difficult feat , it ’ s demanding – especially for a paralegal .
At work , you ’ re constantly on the go . You keep track of multiple cases and all the logistics that go along with those cases , from court hearings to case files to scheduling and more . And at home ? You ’ re constantly on the go there too . Yet finding balance between your work life and your personal life is critical . Yes , you want to excel in your career , but if you don ’ t take care of yourself , your productivity — and promote-ability — will decrease .
TIP # 6 START SMALL
To help you find that elusive work / life balance , consider these six tips :
• Big changes don ’ t happen overnight . It ’ s not as if you ’ re going to commit to work / life balance on Monday and achieve it on Tuesday ( or Wednesday or Thursday or …). So , start small .
• Go through the tips above and choose one . Apply that tip to your life for a month . Then the next month , choose another , and so on .
These tips will eventually become habit , and you ’ ll find that work / life balance you so desperately need !
TIP # 1 LEAVE WORK AT WORK
• Sure , doing your work from the comfort of your own home and without the many
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smart . But your home needs to be your sanctuary , a place to rejuvenate and regroup .
• If you really need a change of scenery during the work day , move to a coffee shop or the library to continue working — but once it ’ s quittin ’ time , leave that work where it belongs : at work !
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TIP # 2 SCHEDULE DOWNTIME
• If you don ’ t schedule the downtime , it won ’ t happen , and if you don ’ t have the downtime , you ’ ll end up burned out .
• Set aside one day of the week that ’ s free of any plans , and use this time to do something that makes you happy . Go running , go to yoga , write in a journal , watch TV , cook … whatever it is that feeds your soul , get it on your calendar .
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