How to relieve stress by getting work life balance

Practical advice on how to relieve stress by getting work life balance. In this video I want to talk to you about how you can relieve stress by getting some balance back in your life. For many of us there is a constant pressure trying to juggle the demands of our work life and our home life. Sometimes it seems as though pressure of work builds up and our stress levels increase until they become unmanageable. It can seem as though work takes over your life and you are living to work rather than working to live.
For many people the pressure becomes so bad that they're taking work home with them and they begin to feel as though they just want to run away and leave it all behind them. You may be one of those people who lies awake worrying about work at night, but I'm willing to bet that if you go and have a look at your contract of employment, that nowhere does it say that you should be taking work home or worrying about work at night. Quite honestly no employer deserves use of your brain at night when you should be sleeping.
So if the situation gets like that for you then you need to ask for a meeting with your boss. Make a list of everything that's not working, whether you've got too much work, or you haven't got the training or resources you need. Be very clear and specific and tell them what they need to do. Employers are human beings just like us and if they see that you are coping, or appearing to cope, then they'll very often assume that everything's okay. So you really need to be proactive and talk to them and let them know if your stress levels are becoming unmanageable, if your workload is unmanageable.
There are some things that you can do to help relieve your stress and get a better balance in your life. First of all you might want to debrief yourself at the end of the working day. Take a few minutes to make a list of the tasks that have been held over, that you haven't had time to do. Prioritise them ready for the next day. No 1 is important and urgent, no2 is important and not urgent and 3 for everything else. Needless to say you would do the number 1 tasks first the next day.
By making a list, it reassures your brain telling it you know what you've got to do the next day, so as soon as you leave work it' safe to let go, you don't need to think about it anymore. Secondly, when you leave work and you leave the building you say to yourself "I'm leaving work at work this is now my time". Any time that work thoughts pop up into your head, you gently say to yourself "no, this is my timenow". That means that you will be able to let go of work so that you enjoy your downtime, relaxation time with your family or friends. This is so important for your mental, physical and emotional batteries to be recharged, so that you can go in the next day and work.

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