[casual_games] TOW: Work/Life Balance

[John Manchester]

Hi,

A very interesting topic for me. I have always worked from my home. Over
many years composing music full time, then lately splitting my work time
between writing and producing music, I have found that I get much more done
and am saner by sticking to the following strict schedule:  I take a break
after lunch for 1/2-1 hr, sometimes nap, often just read or do a puzzle;
then at the end of the workday, I take an hour to listen to music. No
interruptions.

I'm sure this seems like huge downtime to many, but I have tried it the
other ways (11-12 hrs or work a day) and I get more accomplished this way.
Because when I work it is boom-boom no wasted seconds.

Oh, and nothing on the weekends, unless I want or must (which does happen.)

The work I do is primarily creative and solitary. When I work with others I
can go longer.

Best,

John Manchester

On Mon, May 7, 2012 at 6:47 PM, Bernard François
<bernardfrancois at gmail.com>wrote:


> 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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> >

> > Design Direct Deliver

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> >

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