The end of the year typically leaves people feeling tired, bordering on burnt out and forgetting the art of resting.
Working habits affecting your work-life balance could be contributing to a greater risk of burnout. Reassessing how we manage demands in our daily routines can make a significant difference to both quality of life and quality of work.
A 24-hour weekday should ideally be made up of roughly eight hours each for working, sleeping and private time, which would include family responsibilities, rest and leisure. This ideal balance is not always possible, and at times we need to be flexible with a few hours of overtime for urgent work priorities.
This should be the exception, however, not the rule.
High expectationsWhile work demands may be intense, it is very often the pressure we put on ourselves that may alter our work-life balance. This has given rise to an always on trend.
