Comments on: Why I Hate the “Work-Life Balance” Expression http://personalgrowthmap.com/blog/2009/02/24/why-i-hate-the-work-life-balance-expression/ Holistic Growth through Balanced Living Tue, 06 Sep 2011 05:57:37 -0400 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: Haider http://personalgrowthmap.com/blog/2009/02/24/why-i-hate-the-work-life-balance-expression/comment-page-1/#comment-345 Haider Sun, 24 May 2009 09:36:23 +0000 http://personalgrowthmap.com/?p=290#comment-345 Dear Molaw, Thank you for your input. The two main problems I have with the expression are: 1) It makes work sound like a chore that distracts us from "life" 2) It assumes there are only 2 things we need to balance When we're aware of all the areas of our lives and accept work as one of those rewarding and enriching areas, we'll be able to better balance these areas without feeling guilty when we work. I definitely agree with your bottom line ;) Dear Molaw,

Thank you for your input.

The two main problems I have with the expression are:

1) It makes work sound like a chore that distracts us from “life”

2) It assumes there are only 2 things we need to balance

When we’re aware of all the areas of our lives and accept work as one of those rewarding and enriching areas, we’ll be able to better balance these areas without feeling guilty when we work.

I definitely agree with your bottom line ;)

]]> By: Molaw http://personalgrowthmap.com/blog/2009/02/24/why-i-hate-the-work-life-balance-expression/comment-page-1/#comment-341 Molaw Sat, 23 May 2009 14:06:20 +0000 http://personalgrowthmap.com/?p=290#comment-341 Thanks for correcting this symantic mistake, but I think with "life" the expression is reffering to simply things other than work. In the past they used to call it "Work-family balance" but I guess even that is not correct, because we presumably work to make a living for the family. The bottom-line is, don't waste all your energy at work. :) Thanks for correcting this symantic mistake, but I think with “life” the expression is reffering to simply things other than work. In the past they used to call it “Work-family balance” but I guess even that is not correct, because we presumably work to make a living for the family. The bottom-line is, don’t waste all your energy at work. :)

]]> By: Haider http://personalgrowthmap.com/blog/2009/02/24/why-i-hate-the-work-life-balance-expression/comment-page-1/#comment-131 Haider Wed, 25 Feb 2009 11:10:26 +0000 http://personalgrowthmap.com/?p=290#comment-131 One: Sorry for lack of Golden Nuggets in my latest posts... will try to add them in the near future... :) Two: I'm glad your confusion has been resolved. And if I have a bad day, then it's probably because I'd heard the "work-life balance" expression :P One: Sorry for lack of Golden Nuggets in my latest posts… will try to add them in the near future… :)

Two: I’m glad your confusion has been resolved. And if I have a bad day, then it’s probably because I’d heard the “work-life balance” expression :P

]]> By: Bashar http://personalgrowthmap.com/blog/2009/02/24/why-i-hate-the-work-life-balance-expression/comment-page-1/#comment-130 Bashar Tue, 24 Feb 2009 10:15:14 +0000 http://personalgrowthmap.com/?p=290#comment-130 One: No Golden nuggets Two: I was confused and thought you're having a bad day at begin of this post, but I see and agree to what you mean. If you have a bad job, you consider it as something eating up ur life and making it shorter, not really accounted for. Which is why I love to seek an interesting job. One: No Golden nuggets

Two: I was confused and thought you’re having a bad day at begin of this post, but I see and agree to what you mean. If you have a bad job, you consider it as something eating up ur life and making it shorter, not really accounted for. Which is why I love to seek an interesting job.

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