WORK/LIFE BALANCE
MYTH
Jacqui Lewis
I
personally have to come to dismiss
the concept of work/life balance.
I invested years fruitlessly buying
into this modern idea of constructing
harmony between one’s work life and
one’s home life. I strived and I was
perpetually crushed under the weight of
how ‘unbalanced’ my home to work life
was. When I was at work, I was riddled
with guilt about being away from my
baby and not having home life under
control. When I was not at work, I was
crippled with fear about not being on
top of it all.
The fear constantly badgered me, and I
never felt like I was committed to either
one whilst engaged in it.
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GLOSS JULY 2015
It was all due to being told that we
could have it all, and that balance was
imperative.
I now understand that the essence
to success is to have your work life
integrated seamlessly into your home
life, for when you are so engaged and
passionate about what you do ‘for
work’ there is no division. It is one
harmonious flow. That there is no need
for an exterior ‘balance’ when you have
an interior balance. There is no ‘grind’
and TGIF and hump days, as every day
you align who you are with what you
do.
When work is not something you do
for money, it is something you do for