"They may be spending a lot of combined time at the office and commuting, or just putting in a lot of hours both at work and at home. Fixing that problem can't be done abstractly, though. If you're going to address the balance of work and life activities, you have to start getting specific about where your time is going and where you really want it to go."
"Start by taking a look at where your time is going right now. If you keep a good work calendar, then flip through a few weeks and track the hours you're spending on different tasks. If you don't have a good record of the time you're spending at work, then start logging the time spent on different work tasks. How much of the time you're spending on work tasks is really necessary?"
"Perhaps more importantly, you also need to think more clearly about what activities should go in your "life" bin. What are the activities or hobbies you wish you had more time for? Who are the people you want to spend more time with? You spend time on specific work tasks, because those end up on your calendar. You have to define life specifically enough that it ends up on your calendar as well."
Many people feel they spend too much time working, whether at the office, commuting, or doing extra hours at home. Fixing the imbalance requires concrete steps: audit current time use through calendars or time logs, and track hours by task. Evaluate which work activities are necessary and which are discretionary, and look for inefficiencies or time lost to task switching. Define specific life activities and people to prioritize so they can be scheduled. Put both work events and life events (including commute and task time) onto the same calendar so life actually gets time reserved.
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