How I used to feel about Work-Life Balance

A couple of years ago I could have easily believed that there was no such thing as a healthy work/life balance. My life went from using every opportunity I could find to waste time (but if you're having fun while doing it, it's not really a waste of time right?) to juggling two jobs, and going to school. The transition was tough to say the least, and to my dismay, I found myself unable to balance my work and my life.

To sum it up, these were basically my thoughts on work-life "balance". I found that if I wanted to continue making as much money as possible, while still attending school, I would have to sacrifice something in return. That something quickly became my life. I wasn't seeing my friends anymore, and I was barely seeing my family, even though I still lived at home. I felt overwhelmed with school and work because I wasn't doing anything to take my mind off of these things. It started with noticing the little things like when I would do my laundry. I rarely saw an article of clothing that wasn't apart of either of my uniforms, or wasn't sweat pants that i regularly wore to school. It may seem minuscule, but it helped me to realize that even though I knew there were people out there who were juggling a MUCH heavier workload, I still needed a break from mine. 

Something that I wish I had stumbled upon when I was going through this imbalance, is the following article on entrepreneur.com, 5 Secrets to Achieving and Maintaining Work-Life Balance. Now that i've read the article, it all seems to make a little more sense AND it's not as hard as it looks! 

Now don't forget...