Our community is filled with hard-working, high achieving entrepreneurs and creatives and so work-life balance is a complicated, but highly relevant topic. We’ve shared some responses from the community about work life balance and how their views have evolved over time below.

Sue Shrinkle-Emmons

As a recovering perfectionist, this is one area of life I have spent a great deal of time thinking about and investing in. During graduate school, professors and mentors stressed the importance of balance, or self-care, especially given how emotionally, mentally and physically demanding the job of a psychotherapist is. However, we were never specifically taught how to incorporate balance into our life. I continue to see this message in social media, in seminars I attend and in interactions with my colleagues and clients. We are told to make sure balance exists for us, but are rarely shown how to ensure this by our bosses or models. Read More>>

Emma Mcclendon

The work-life balance is something I’ve definitely had to work on. Early on in my journey I would just take whatever work I could, over working myself and even doing jobs I didn’t t really want to take on. I was passionate and wanted to say yes to everyone. I started to struggle with dicing my personal and work life. As I’ve grown I’m more intentional about setting boundaries and taking on clients. I’ve learned it’s important to prioritize yourself and not to become burnout by overworking. I also think it’s easier said than done, there’s plenty of times where I still struggle with the balance.  Read More>>

Nancy Erickson

I’ll first say this—I might be a workaholic. I enjoy creating things, getting things done, and thinking outside the box. While you can do that in any career path, I fell into HR, and for some crazy reason, I love it. So balance, for me, is about enjoying the work I do and working with people I enjoy—people who appreciate our style of HR. It’s not about the number of hours you work; it’s about how many of those hours you actually enjoy. Working hard can be fun or miserable—it’s all about mindset and choosing the right projects, team members, and clients to work with. Read More>>