What You’ll Learn

Must work and life always be at odds? It certainly seems that way, especially on those days where you run from one thing to the next but all you accomplish is feeling overextended and defeated. No matter your age, marital or parental status, or profession, you juggle a lot. Work, home, family duties, volunteer activities, your own interests and mental health—every day you face the constant push and pull of a full life.

But having a full life isn’t a bad thing, and it doesn’t have to be a constant source of stress. You’ll never divide your time or attention evenly, but you can discover ways to set priorities and make trade-offs, so that you feel less stressed about them. This guide will help you manage your competing interests more effectively, with carefully selected advice from a variety of expert voices.

You’ll learn how to:

• Contribute to the most important areas of your life without depleting your energy
• Identify and adjust where you’re spending your time
• Establish a schedule that works for mostly everyone, most of the time
• Ease the guilt of saying no by recognizing it means saying yes to one of your priorities
• Transfer skills from one area of your life to another
• Create a business case for flexible work hours
• Manage expectations at home and at work
• Conduct difficult conversations when schedule conflicts crop up
• Protect your focus by setting boundaries
• Get more sleep