Another way to bring balance back
One of the interesting things about achieving the dream of a satisfactory “work/life balance” is that no one ever says they have too much life and not enough work. Why is that?
Well, maybe there’s no such thing as too much life, I suppose.
But one way to bring the work thing back into balance, which we haven’t touched on here in the blog yet, is efficiency. Not the “work smarter, not harder” kind of efficiency, but the “Getting Things Done” kind of efficiency.
Yes, for those of you who actually refer to “Getting Things Done” as “GTD,” I’m talking about David Allen, the personal productivity guru. Now, in full disclosure, I’ve heard many great things about how useful he’s been to friends of mine, but one thing that I, personally, haven’t gotten done, is get through his book. 
But what I did recently do is read this profile of Allen in Wired magazine, and – my goodness – what a colorful life he’s lived. It’s almost no wonder he’s on a relentless pursuit for a quiet mind.
Unfortunately, he wasn’t entirely happy with the Wired piece. Which is to be expected when it comes to media coverage, but I digress. The reason I’m bringing this up here on the blog is because, when it comes to improving your work/life balance when you feel like the work side’s out of whack, the answer may not be just going off by yourself for a couple hours every night, and every other weekend.
That balance issue is often tied to on-the-job stress, and anything you can do to lower your stress level has to be a good thing. So that’s my advice – that, and check out the article about David, which is just a plain old fascinating read regardless of the implications it might have for your existence.
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