Work. Life. Balance. What a nice ring to it. Sure we all want it. So how do we get it then? Furthermore, when we do get it how can we possible sustain it?

In the world of business, we are not busy, we are beyond busy. Mother Nature, catastrophic events and ongoing legislative changes have led the world to a new realm.

Senior executives and entrepreneurs have unrelenting demands and pressures. Ironically, long periods of stress could and do result in short and long-term disability claims for many businesses in North America.

So, let’s turn the table on the business management world. Is it not a risk to put this type of pressure on those who work within management or for that matter run the big corporations? It is not healthy on any level (physical/emotional/psychological/emotional) to live at this level of stress or let’s call it hypervigilance.

After an average eight-hour workday (which is not average for most), how can you drop from the level of hypervigilance to live a ‘normal’ balanced lifestyle? It’s not impossible, but it comes from a place of pure 100% effort and making a choice.

It doesn’t matter what type of business you are in. Behind the job description is a human attachment. If you add in the level of technology that our world now lives and breathes, it’s no wonder there are people struggling with work-life balance.

Look at how we communicate now with cell phones, emails, and text messages, Facebook, Twitter, LinkedIn and Skype. The list is endless, lengthy and growing rapidly on a daily basis – new innovation to communicate. Literally, no one has to pick the phone up and call someone; they can relay their message in a non-verbal fashion on a screen.

In the United States alone, we send over 6 billion text messages daily, yes, daily. Isn’t that a scary thought?

You have to take those transferrable skills of time and organizational management and put them into your daily life to balance out all elements in your life – family, career, health and friends. It is possible. Effort is the key here along with the ability to look at it as a simplistic task in your everyday challenge to balance yourself.

The definition of work-life balance is being able to separate work and personal life in order to handle stress, feel happier and get along better with everyone (colleagues and family/friends). This is a daunting task if your cell phone is supplied by your employer and you use it for both work and personal. All of your emails for both aspects of your life coming on one device – is this positive or negative? Some may view this as extreme organization and handy, yet others may find it intrusive.

When we look at where we have come from to where we are today it is no wonder we are struggling with Work-Life Balance. Changing technology and evolving demands of different generations put enormous pressure on how we achieve, maintain and sustain Work-Life Balance.

If we are presented with a life-threatening scenario, our lives stop. We think of nothing else. A good example of this is a diagnosis of cancer. If you were given this terrible news but were told that the ‘magic’ pill was $100,000.00 and you were cured. Where would your mindset take you? The only thing on your mind would be to call the bank or family and do what you have to do. Buy that magic pill. Problem solved. Now, if it were only that easy. My point is that life would stop because of your mindset. You would do what you had to do – period.

Why do people wait until they receive a diagnosis with a not so welcoming prognosis? What has happened to planning, organizing, thinking and being preventative – also known as Work-Life Balance?

Consider the simplicity of taking the time to learn a new way to think before you can change your lifestyle. Work-life balance is not achieved overnight. Like business, a baseline must be established before you can observe and see the changes.

So, don’t take the old adage been there, done that, got the t-shirt. Be pro-active and exercise the right to take control of your life on all accounts – personal and work.

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Deborah Crowe is a Work-Life-Balance Specialist. She works as a professional consultant, speaker & coach. She can be reached at (519) 878-5839 and at www.mamadeb.com.  She is publishing her first book, The Change in May 2015. Visit website for more details.