Work/Life Balance is a myth!

Post below pertains almost exclusively to the type of work I am in - you have been warned.

I got this title from a textng conversation I had with a friend while we were both in our offices on a Sunday. It was sort of a "ha ha, aren't we pathetic that we are both working right now?" sort of feel, but let me tell you, it has helped me to start to figure out the semblence of my life.

This just in - work/life balance is a myth. I feel like I am a much more productive employee once I stop pretending like I can have it all. I concede that I will never truly have seperate lives, especially when I live where I work, my job requires odd hours, and I am friends with many colleagues.

While the above revelations might seem negative, I feel like realizing them (and not dwelling on trying to acheive work/life balance) is actually quite freeing. Now I can stop feeling guilty when I am answering emails on a Sunday night. And I will stop comparing myself to others and how hard they work.

I think a simple reframing of this whole prespective actually helps me to look at this lack of work/life balance in a positive way. I should be grateful that I have a job where I can easily flex out my work time (that just means that i might have to spend a morning in the office on the weekend or at night). As well, I love being in the office on a Saturday and the feeling of productiveness when I have no meetings, no emails, and no phone calls and can just get stuff DONE.

And overall, I feel like I have some outlets that I really enjoy and get me away from work when I need to. And I have friends that couldn't care less about my job, and we get to hang out and talk about really stupid stuff.

So I now pledge to stop constantly striving for something impossible (work/life balance) and find positivity in the little parts of my job that are positively framed.