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Just Focus On Balance
As entrepreneurs, many of us started our own businesses to achieve greater freedom in our lives. Perhaps to you, that meant having a greater work-life balance.
After all, when someone else is calling the shots on your schedule and responsibilities, it can be hard to find the time to do the things you truly enjoy.
And yet when we launch our own businesses, that newfound freedom comes with a price. Now, we’re spending countless hours developing our enterprises. Striking a work-life balance seems impossible.
The concept of work-life balance makes more sense for people who are not entrepreneurs. They already have a separation between their jobs and their personal lives. For entrepreneurs whose passionate ideas have now become their job, the division between work and life doesn’t make much sense.
That’s not to say that balance isn’t important. The question is, what kind of balance do you need?
Rethinking the work-life balance
When most people say they want a better work-life balance, they usually mean they want more time to spend with family, on hobbies, or simply relaxing on the couch. They also mean that they want a proportionate balance of their work to their income. Many entrepreneurs cite money as their primary reason for starting their own business. If you’re working 40 hours a week and not able to reach your financial goals, it’s easy to feel unbalanced.
