Life-work balance is “nonsense”
November 12th, 2012 GTD Times Team - Staff ContributorsCategories | Getting Things Done | Inspiration
You may have read that the latest innovation from Silicon Valley is that the employee perk is moving from the office to the home. That article referred to work-life balance as a nonsense term, based on an archaic segmentation of work and life.
How is your GTD system set up to handle work life and home life? Is there a distinction, or have they blended?
To stimulate your thinking, you can open the larger (more readable) version of this infographic, courtesy of Compliance and Safety, that illustrates the @Work state of mind.
“Work is not a place” – @office doesn’t really exist so our contexts need to shift.
I would like someone from GTD to comment on this since it isn’t a topic I have seen discussed; but for many people, myself included, it’s true.
Funny, every research yields different results.
Anyway. I’ve got small kids. They clearly indicate when I’m mentally at work again. Or messing with my work smartphone again. They want and deserve sincere attention. For them as little human beings, it’s important that when I’m home, I’m completely home with body and mind. And thats better for the quality of their lives. And also for my relationship. And maybe also for myself.
The difference between doing and being. It’s a 50K discussion.
“Work is not a place” – @office doesn’t really exist so our contexts need to shift.
Actually, office is a valid context, no matter where you get work done. The list David Allen suggests is not “@Work” it’s “@Office” so this still can be valid for those people who would ever have Next Actions at a physical place called the “Office”. Just a different way to look at it than you might be seeing it.
Kelly
Senior Coach & Presenter