The Importance of Work Life Balance

I always believed that achieving work life balance is the most important thing of all. As the saying goes, "too much of something is never good". In our class discussion, we have talked about how important and how to achieve work life balance. We have also evaluated ourselves on where we currently at in terms of achieving our full potential in life. In my own personal opinion, I believe that having a balanced life is the most important thing of all. If we fail to balance the different aspect of our life, we are doomed to despair. We may be successful in one aspect but failing in another which I believe most people are suffering from. In order for us to say that we are truly successful in our lives, then we should have achieved balance in all aspects of our life.

Listening to the talk of Pat Gelsinger about work life balance, it made me realize a lot of things which I must admit I am guilty of. It had also opened my eyes to a new paradigm of thinking and handling my priorities in life. I believe that above work, the most important aspect of our lives is our families. I believe that they are the reason why we are working and striving hard everyday. However, apart from our families, we also have other aspects of our lives such as our social life, spiritual life, financial life and career. All these things should be in balance in order to achieve full satisfaction and happiness in life. 

In his talk, Pat Gelsinger suggested a few things on how to improve our work life balance. One of which is putting priorities in each of them. We have to accept that we are given a limited number of time and resources and it is up to us on how to allocate our time and resources to the different aspect of our lives. Also, in his talk, he mentioned about looking beyond career and work and taking into consideration other aspects of our life.

Taking my own life as an example, I see to it to live and practice work life balance. Every weekends, I see to it to keep my relationships healthy by spending enough time with my loved ones and to keep my spiritual life healthy as well by going to church and worshiping God every Sundays. Despite my very hectic daily schedule, I make sure to take time to improve myself and that is also one of the reasons why I enrolled in the MBA program. Apart from that, I studied financial planning in order to keep my financial life in order. I also work hard during weekdays so as to prepare myself for a brighter future.

I believe that all of us have an obligation to keep our work and life at balance. I believe that this is essential in finding happiness at work and meaning in life.