There are a number of different types of work requirements depending on your job. But whether you’re a CEO, business owner, contract worker, consultant, salaried employee, hourly wage worker, a non-profit worker, volunteer or anything else, you still need balance. The same is true whether your work is meant to generate revenue, to impact people’s lives or to make a difference in the world. Personal balance is still necessary.
It may feel like you have no control over what happens at work, much less your ability to reduce hours or step away for a bit to exercise. But I want to encourage you to focus on the things that you can control.
If you can’t control your work schedule or the amount of time spent at work, this means you must be more deliberate in controlling the time spent outside of work. Remember, you determine your priorities. The time you spend on different things in your life are an expression of those priorities.
As Marc and Angel Chernoff have said, “You alone get to choose what matters and what doesn’t. The meaning of everything in your life has precisely the meaning you give it.”
Control what you can control. If you can better balance work and fitness by exerting more control over the amount of time spent at work, do that. If instead, you must focus on the time away from work to seek that balance, then do that.
Control what you can.
Self-Care Is Not Selfish