Work at Home | The Biggest Problem with Achieving Success Is Not Enjoying It

Most people are taught from a young age to get a job that will make you lots of money so you can enjoy doing the things you love. But if you have a high stress job, even if it pays well, you’ll never get to enjoy the things that truly make you happy in life.

When you’re constantly working, you often sacrifice relationships. Working too much can cause you to not have time to spend with your family and friends. Make sure that you have a good balance of work and spending time with your loved ones when you can.

If you’re spending all of your time working, you won’t have time to do things that you enjoy. You need to make sure that you can have more of what makes you happy in life rather than what makes you the most money.

This could mean taking time to travel to places you’ve always wanted to go, or simply engaging in your hobbies such as gardening or cooking. The main cause of most people’s stress is their career.

Stress takes a toll on your health, and could cause things like severe migraines, chronic inflammation, or heart problems which could potentially land you in the hospital. Working a highly stressful job that takes up a large portion of your time is bound to cause your health to suffer.

Along with physical health problems, stress due to your career can also cause mental health issues. Stress can cause you to have severe panic attacks and develop long-term anxiety and depression.

You can ensure that you’re taking care of your mental health by taking time to focus on self-care - like meditating, reading a book, taking a bath, or any other stress-relieving activity. 

Taking care of your personal life is just as, if not more important than working a high paying job, because you will have a much happier life. Money alone isn’t what makes people’s lives enjoyable.

It’s doing the things that they love, taking care of their health, and spending time with loved ones that makes life really worth living. Throwing away a chance at a happier lifestyle to earn more money isn’t worth it, because someday the memories will be much more important than how much money’s in your bank account.

You have to prioritize what’s important. Money will always be around. However, you and the people you love won’t, so make sure you’re taking care of your needs and spending time with your loved ones.

Learn to Be a Listener at Home and in the Office

Being a good listener makes others around you feel more inclined to form a positive relationship with you. Show interest in them and they will show interest in you. Learn how to ask questions and compromise as you navigate work and home life to ease tensions and build better relationships.
 
Forming a bond with your co-workers and boss can be extremely beneficial to your experience in the workplace. Make sure you show interest in their opinions and viewpoints of their work.

By doing this, you’re showing them that you care about both the person you are talking to and the tasks that are being done. This will help you form a pleasant relationship with them, which will make working more enjoyable and stress-free. 
 
Make sure that you also listen to your clients and what they want out of the job that you’re doing for them. This will reflect positively on you and the work that you do, which will increase the amount of clients you get if they’re hearing good things about your work. 
 
Listening to your family is extremely crucial in making sure that you have a good bond with them. If your spouse feels like you two aren’t spending enough time together, do everything in your ability to spend some of your free time with them in order to keep your relationship healthy. 
 
Your kids might also feel like you’re not spending enough time with them or hearing their needs. They might either tell you themselves, or you might be able to sense that you’re drifting apart from your children.

In this case, you should spend more time with them as well and try to plan things that could get your whole family to bond together, like a family dinner, movie night, or you could even use up your vacation days to go somewhere new with them.
 
If you’re trying to balance work and family, your friends might also feel like they’re missing out on spending time with you. Make sure you let them know that you care about them and that you’re trying to also balance your work and home life.

Ask them how you can make them feel better about not seeing you as much, even if you need to go out with them on the weekends sometimes or Skype/FaceTime so that you can still talk face to face, but maybe just not in person.
 
Listening to others is a great way to form better relationships with them, even if they just need to talk to you about work or ask you for advice. Hearing what others have to say makes them feel more important and asking them questions shows your interest in them, which will make them want to spend more time with you making your life happier overall.

Setting Boundaries with Work to Nurture a Better Home Life

 
 
Usually, when you have a project to do, you accept it without considering how much time it’ll take out of your day. Many people are too afraid to stand up to their boss and ask for a workload that’s less demanding so that they can maintain personal satisfaction.

You have to be able to set boundaries with yourself, your boss, coworkers, customers and clients so that you can keep a healthy balance between your career and personal life. Don’t allow other people to walk all over you and use you.

If your coworkers or project partners are trying to push some of their workload off onto you, then let them know in a polite, yet stern way that you have your own job to do and they have theirs. Picking up their slack isn’t your responsibility. 
 
If you think you’re being overworked and underpaid, let your boss know. Maintain a flexible approach to the situation and offer suggestions to create a fair work environment.
 
You might feel guilty because you work too much or that it’s your fault because you’re an overachiever. While being an overachiever usually isn’t a bad thing, sometimes it takes away precious time from your personal life that it didn’t have to infringe on.

You have to force yourself to stop working past the schedule you originally intended. Taking time to care for yourself and your loved ones is just as important as getting your work done, so make sure you balance the two equally so that you’re satisfied with your home life. 
 
Sometimes, your customers might ask too much of you. Let them know where your boundaries stand and don’t let them try to get you to do more work than they paid for. They say the customer’s always right, but sometimes you need to protect your interests.

Try to stay flexible with your customers, but also make sure that it’s very clear where you draw the line. When working, you sometimes get too wrapped up in finishing a certain project or task.

While getting these things done is important, you have to balance your work with your personal time, even if it means a project will take a bit longer to complete. Taking care of yourself is important to keep your stress levels down, and no one should prioritize work over their health and happiness.

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Cheers, Helene Malmsio

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