Do you want to reclaim the lost control over your life?

As they say – “Life’s a balancing act”. The ability to balance different facets of life makes it easy for you to move ahead. With the balance, you are able to maintain healthy relationship with people in your life. It brings mental peace and ensures good health.

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Balance demands control, discipline and ability to choose things wisely. This applies to everyone, irrespective of what one does and where he lives.

Now that you have a fair idea of the importance of balance, let’s move to the topic. Many professionals these days find it difficult to maintain balance between personal and professional life. Consequently, they face problems related to it. In this article, I am going to share some tips to easily balance your professional and personal life and create inner peace –

Meditate on daily basis

If you think about work even after getting back home, you will not be able to enjoy with your family. And, if your personal problems interfere with your profession, it will affect your work adversely. This is why it becomes necessary to separate these two aspects.

Meditation is the very first change you can bring into your life for this. It has great impact on your physical and mental health, both. By meditating daily, you will be able to improve your focus. And, this will help a lot to mentally disconnect your personal and professional life and focus on one at a time.

Say no when you should

Many people say yes to the tasks that don’t even fall under their job. This is because they just can’t say no. This approach may create problems in long run. Extra workload can eat up your personal time. It’s not a wise choice to neglect your personal life to grow professionally.

Whenever you are given some work, you should analyze your schedule and find out if that task/assignment fits within it. If you think that extra work can consume your family time, you should say no to it straightaway. But, make sure to do that politely. For instance, you can deny the work by saying “I feel obliged that you trust me to handle this, but…”. Or something else like this that might come to your mind.

Make sure to meet deadlines

It really gets difficult to maintain work-life balance when you miss important deadlines. This can create a lot of mess in your life, be it personal or professional. The best thing you can do to avoid such a situation is to always start and finish your work on time.

This way, you will come home without any stress and give time to your family. If you struggle to meet deadlines and often end up getting frustrated, I have a suggestion for you that can change your work life. Start using a project management software to deliver work on time. The software will help to keep track of every minute you spend at work. And, you will be able to manage your time well.

Minimize distractions at work

It’s quite normal to get distracted while working. But, this normal thing has considerable impact on your productivity and performance. Social media, chat with friends and games are some of the most common examples of distraction at work. You need to get rid of such distractions to focus on work and complete it in the office itself.

Avoid checking your emails, messages and phone calls in between a task. You can always do this after getting free from work. But again, make sure such activities don’t take much time. Besides, you should spend as less time online as you can. Get online only if your work demands that.

You can’t choose one between personal and professional needs. Both are important to lead a satisfactory life and that is why balance is important here. To sum it up, I’d like to say here is that balance is important to bring sanity in your life. If you are looking for ways to do that then begin with implementing the tips mentioned above. And they can prove to be a blessing for you.

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Vartika Kashyap is a seasoned marketing professional who is an expert in digital marketing and entrepreneurship. She’s been featured among LinkedIn’s Top Voices for the year 2016. Connect with Vartika on LinkedIn, Medium and Twitter.

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Originally published at Yourstory.