[casual_games] TOW: Work/Life Balance

[Bernard François]

Hi peolpe,


I'm not a good example of a good work/life balance, but I'm looking to
obtain a better one.

I'm currently working a lot on weekdays (which is 9-10 hours, and once
or twice a week up to 11-12 hours), but doing nothing at all (or
almost nothing) during the weekend. As I don't have any children yet,
this isn't a huge problem - but some more quality time with my fiancée
on weekdays (without feeling bad about work that I'm not doing) would
be nice.

Allowing myself to work a lot during the weekend, while defining the
weekend clearly as a time where I'm not working, helps me to keep from
working during the weekend.

Before, I used to work on weekdays and Saturdays, but fewer hours a
day. Compared to that, I definitely like the current solution better -
at least I have a nice and long weeken now.

The problem I'm having at the moment that while leading PreviewLabs,
is that the amount of work I'm doing depends on the amount of
employees in the company. I especially started noticing since the 3rd
person joined our team a few weeks ago. This is making it more
difficult to get a decent work/life balance, but also making further
growth of the company a bit though for myself. Of course, being aware
of this, I'm on the lookout for solutions.

I'm very interested in reading some more opinions on this matter!


Kind regards,

Bernard
http://www.previewlabs.com


On Mon, May 7, 2012 at 8:57 PM, Sheri Rubin
<sheri at designdirectdeliver.com> wrote:

> Hi All,

>

> It's time for another topic of the week. This time on Work/Life Balance.

>

> Work/Life Balance. It's not totally a myth. But with summer fast approaching

> (E3, kids out of school, etc.) it can start to seem like an impossibility.

> What advice can you give for achieving work/life balance?Are there things

> you incorporate into your life that make working and living easier? If you

> work in an office are there things you do to make sure you can still enjoy

> life and get things done that require "normal business hours"? If you work

> from home, or are running the business, how do you keep yourself from

> working all the time? Are there things you do to ensure your employees or

> team members have some semblance of a life?

>

> As always thanks for responding and if you have topic submissions please

> send them to me at sheri at designdirectdeliver.com.

>

> Stay awesome!

> Sheri

>

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> Sheri Rubin

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>

> Design Direct Deliver

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> Email: sheri at designdirectdeliver.com

>

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