Importance Of Work Life Balance
SUMMARY
One of the challenges we experience is we tend to focus too much on reaching the goal and not realizing that we need to stay connected and loving throughout the process.
In this episode, we’re going to share the struggles we’ve had recently and what we are taking away from those. Working with your partner can help you navigate difficult job situations, but fundamental differences are also unavoidable.
We want to let you know that you’re not alone in this journey and that other couples also experience the struggles you have.
KEY TAKEAWAYS
It’s important to focus and get a lot of things done in a short amount of time.The goal is not what’s important. It’s how you get there and how loving you stay during the process of getting towards where you want to go.
A relationship can be like where the ocean meets the land, and you don’t know where both of them starts, and it’s effortless to let them spill into each other.
Slow down, take a pause, remember what’s important, and be clear on “who does what.”
There will be less tension and resentments when there’s a clear communication on what your roles are.
Have a clear communication skills, boundaries, and perimeters set in place.
If you are running a business with anyone else, then you have to deal with a relationship dynamic even if they’re not your significant other.
TRANSCRIPTION: IMPORTANCE OF WORK LIFE BALANCE
Luis Congdon
Hey there, Thriving Launchers. Let’s get real for a moment. Kamala and I, we work together, and being a power couple doesn’t always feel so powerful.
In this episode, we’re going to talk about some of the struggles of doing a launch together, working intensely on some projects we’ve had on the table together, and the importance of work life balance.
Instead of training or teaching, we’re just going to talk to you and share with our personal experience, and some of the struggles we’ve had recently, as well as some of the take away from those breakdowns, and the breakthroughs we’ve had currently in working together.
Kamala Chambers
Hey, everyone. I wanted to have a moment to talk with you guys.
Luis and I are here. It’s been a little bit of a rough patch, and I want to talk about some of the struggles we’ve been having. We recently worked on a big project together, and I think we lost sight of what’s important from that project.
What would you say about that, Luis?
Luis Congdon
I agree that we got focused on the project, the goals, a very long to-do list, and our relationship shifted into two employees working together. It did for me take a backseat.
Importance Of Work Life Balance – Working From A Place Of Being Connected And In Love
For couples’ working together, that’s a big challenge because when you do that, you’re not working from a place of being connected, loving, and in love. You’re working from a place of two people that just need each other to get the job done. Day after day and several months of that is very strenuous in a relationship.
Kamala Chambers
Yeah, it was strenuous. There was a communication breakdown, and it was more about the project than it was about the relationship.
Importance Of Work Life Balance – Work Together Towards Your Big Goal
Sometimes, it’s important to put our heads down, focus, and get a lot done in a short amount of time. I love we can get into those states where we have those intense amounts of focus, and we have a big goal that we’re pushing and working together towards it.
I think the important thing I took away from that is it’s not right at the expense of the relationship. The goal isn’t what’s important.
Importance Of Work Life Balance And How Loving You Can Stay Towards Reaching Your Goal
Luis Congdon
One of the challenges for me in working together with Kamala is sometimes our relationship can be like where the ocean meets the beach.
One of the challenges with that is there are an ebb and flow, and sometimes, you don’t always know where the beach starts and where the ocean starts, and it’s effortless to let them spill into each other. There’s a challenge with that for me.
Importance Of Work Life Balance – Know How Far You’re Willing To Take In
We could say the ocean is our relationship. It’s filled with depth. It’s this big vast place, and the land is where we work. Sometimes, we let the ocean go a little too far, or we don’t stop and ask how far we are willing to take in and how far into our relationship or letting each thing merge into each other. That’s a challenge for me.
It was a big challenge these past few months and culminated in some resentment, miscommunications, frustrations, and a lot of reactions on my part.
Kamala Chambers
Yeah.
The thing is our relationship is stressful, right?
Importance Of Work Life Balance And Knowing What You Can Give Back To The World
I love that we have a relationship that is driving towards a bigger goal. It’s not just about you and me, and what you and I can do together, but it’s also looking at what we can create and give back to the world.
I think that’s when you find the sweet spot in a partnership. Where can you give? Where can you come together and give more, give back to other people and put out to the world? And also, the important piece is to not lose sight of the partnership, of love, the process, and the journey.
Slow Down To Realize The Importance Of Work Life Balance
I think the thing I’m taking away from this current struggle we went through is slowing down more, taking more pauses, remembering what’s important, and in the process of being clear on who does what. What are the roles that everybody has that is involved?
If you and I had a clear communication from the get go on what our roles were and what we were going to bring to the project, I think there’ll be less resentment and less tension as well. I think that’s a big take away for me, a big key piece.
Importance Of Work Life Balance – Have Clear Boundaries Set In Place
It is what we can bring to the project and have those clear communication skills set in place, and the clear boundaries and perimeters set in place.
Luis Congdon
Those are good takeaways. I know that they’re your takeaways, so they’re perfect for you.
My takeaway is I’ve been creating more of a schedule for myself, having clear communication about what I’m doing, and communicating with you in advance about the things I plan to do, will do. Also, I’m being more accountable as well as also communicating that there are times that I won’t talk about work.
Importance Of Work Life Balance – Know When Not To Talk About Work
There are channels within our communication channels that I will not speak of work, and there are times when I will not talk of work or respond to work related subject matters because it’s too easy to let the ocean and the land mix into each other and let one take over the other.
Kamala Chambers
When that happens, all you get is mud, and the waters get murky. The relationship gets dark. I love that analogy Luis.
It’s easy to share how incredible our lives are and to look at social media and to look at how amazing people’s lives are.
Understand The Importance Of Work Life Balance Especially When Running A Business
What we wanted to do with this episode is just share with you. There’s a lot of thing to running a business, and if you are running a business with anyone else, then you have to deal with a relationship dynamic even they’re not your significant other.
We thought we’d share some of our challenges with you as well as our triumphs because it’s equally as important for you to know that you’re not alone in this journey, that your struggles are real and that other people have them too.
I just appreciate everyone showing up, listening to this episode, and letting us share some of the challenges we’ve been going through with you.
