Work-life balance isn’t typically a topic you’d associate with single, young professionals with no caring responsibilities. Yet, as this episode’s guest, a business development manager and creator of the Single Sounds podcast, Katie McNamara shares, this is a time in life when there’s a lot going on. When you’re starting out in your career andContinue reading “Finding Balance When You’re Single and Looking for Love – Katie’s Story: NEW PODCAST EPISODE OUT TODAY”
Category Archives: Starting Out
Finding Balance When You’re An Introvert in a Family and Workplace Full of Extroverts – Podcast Episode OUT NOW: Season 3; Episode 3
Picture this scenario: You’ve been invited out by friends for a drink after work. Throughout the course of your day, you get pulled into some important, absorbing work that needs dealing with. What do you do? For my latest guest on ‘A Fine Balance – The Podcast’, Rami Madbouli, the decision to choose work overContinue reading “Finding Balance When You’re An Introvert in a Family and Workplace Full of Extroverts – Podcast Episode OUT NOW: Season 3; Episode 3”
“Study-Life Balance” Vs “Work-Life Balance”
Exam season is upon us, and as I watch students I know bracing themselves to face the pressure and opportunity that exams hold, I’m reflecting on what the correlation is between a person’s attitude to studying in their youth, and the work-life balance they go on to establish in adulthood. Take those conscientious students toContinue reading ““Study-Life Balance” Vs “Work-Life Balance””
“It Doesn’t Have To Be That Way” – Finding Balance by Setting Precedents: Katherine’s Story – on setting work-life boundaries as a legal professional & sharing the workload in marriage
Work-Life Balance Profile #18: Katherine Brownstein Introduction to Katherine’s Profile There are so many ‘work, life, balance’ facets to Katherine’s story that my challenge in writing up my interview with her has been how to summarise them concisely: finding balance in a traditionally inflexible profession; sharing “work” equally in a marriage; the conflicting struggles ofContinue reading ““It Doesn’t Have To Be That Way” – Finding Balance by Setting Precedents: Katherine’s Story – on setting work-life boundaries as a legal professional & sharing the workload in marriage”
A Work:Life Ratio That Hurts
The recent BBC adaptation of Adam Kay’s memoir of his time as junior doctor, This Is Going To Hurt, was extremely powerful. For me, it hit home personally (as did his novel), remembering those early years of my marriage, which coincided with my husband’s years as a junior doctor. With @afinebalance_blog in mind while watchingContinue reading “A Work:Life Ratio That Hurts”
Employed or Self-Employed: That is the (Fine Balance) Question
Over the past couple of weeks, I’ve been approached separately via social media by two women who have visited my website and are interested in featuring on my ‘Work-Life Balance Profiles‘ series. Both women have something in common: they returned to work after maternity leave and found that the rigidity of being an employee constrainedContinue reading “Employed or Self-Employed: That is the (Fine Balance) Question”
What’s in a Name?
I’ve been thinking a lot lately about the term “work-life balance” and how imperfect it is in summing up the issues that my blog addresses. Should alternate sides of any scale represent opposites? “Work” is not the opposite of “life”, therefore how valid are those words in ratio form? And, in turn, how helpful isContinue reading “What’s in a Name?”
Sam’s Story – Fighting the Good Fight: Part-Time Working Fatherhood, Paternal Working Rights, and Living with Cancer
Work-Life Balance Profile #6 – Sam Franklin International Men’s Day (IMD), which takes place annually on 19th November, has never been more on my radar than this year, thanks to the subject of my latest blog: Sam Franklin. IMD is an occasion to address and champion serious issues affecting men and boys, such as highContinue reading “Sam’s Story – Fighting the Good Fight: Part-Time Working Fatherhood, Paternal Working Rights, and Living with Cancer”
Thank You, Next
The Pursuit of Balance after Job Loss I’m acutely aware, if not a little uncomfortable, that I’ve started writing a blog about work-life balance at a time when unemployment rates around the world are rising to an all-time high. Just yesterday, it was reported that in the UK alone, the number of paid employees isContinue reading “Thank You, Next”
Treat ’em Mean, Keep ’em Keen
Any fans of Back to the Future will be familiar with Michael J Fox’s character Marty McFly’s reaction when asked, “Are you chicken?”. For those who have not experienced the cinematic genius of Robert Zemeckis’ epic trilogy, think red rag to a bull. Throughout the various timelines of Marty’s life, upon hearing those words, hisContinue reading “Treat ’em Mean, Keep ’em Keen”