Achieving Work-Life Balance Through Purpose and Priorities
Explore essential questions to organize your life effectively, such as defining your purpose, values, and vision. Learn to balance responsibilities like work, family, and personal well-being to maintain harmony and resilience in daily routines. Discover practical tips for managing tasks and evaluating priorities to enhance your holistic health and well-being.
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UNCLASSIFIED WORK LIFE BALANCE Facilitator: CH (LTC) Virginia Emery virginia.a.emery.mil@army.mil, 910-570-8200 13 OCT 2023 CHAPLAIN UNCLASSIFIED
WORK LIFE BALANCE CHAPLAIN DIRECTORATE 2 OCT 2023
UNCLASSIFIED ORGANIZING YOUR LIFE: PRIORITIES AND PURPOSE As you consider how you will organize your life, it is best to start with foundational questions, such as: What is your purpose in life? Who are you as a person? What type of world do you want to help build? What are your hopes, dreams, visions for the future? Identifying one s purpose, core values, beliefs, identity, and life vision defines the spiritual dimension. These elements, which define the essence of a person, enable one to build inner strength, make meaning of experiences, behave ethically, persevere through challenges, and be resilient when faced with adversity FM 7-22 Holistic Health Over the course of your life, the answers to these questions may change. Consider people raising young children vs empty nesters. A new college graduate and someone with many years of experience in a field. Experiencing a change in your capabilities e.g. physical or financial. and Fitness CHAPLAIN DIRECTORATE 3 OCT 2023 UNCLASSIFIED
HOW CAN YOU BALANCE THIS? Do laundry Make the lunches A friend calls they are having a tough time Tidy house Spend time with spouse Go to the Gym Walk Dog Unit Telecon ILE Assignment due Medical Appt Car making weird noise Psst You Can t! FULL DAY OF WORK Help Kids with Homework Grocery shopping CHAPLAIN DIRECTORATE 4 OCT 2023
EVALUTE ON SLIDING SCALE WORK Military (AGR/TPU) Civilian Critical Job Requirements, Contingency deployment Daily Work, Routine USAR requirements, Routine BA CIV career building events, AT, Mand BA, Key Meetings Major civilian work requirements, Major exercises e.g. NTC Routine Important Critical Vital PERSONAL Self Family Friends Significant medical appointments, special birthdays, sports, recitals Major one-time family events, graduations weddings, extended family funerals Medical, regular birthdays, sports, recital Death of immediate Family member CHAPLAIN DIRECTORATE 5 OCT 2023
THE EISENHOWER BOX CHAPLAIN DIRECTORATE 6 OCT 2023
KEEPING YOURSELF IN BALANCE PHYSICAL Nutrition SPIRITUAL Meditation and Prayer SOCIAL and FAMILY PSYCHOLOGICAL Date night with spouse Hobbies Exercise/physical activity Breathing Time with children just for fun Taking time to discuss issues Medical appointments Reading and reflecting Getting together with friends Practicing emotional response Cur back on bad habits Community worship Staying in touch with parents and siblings Reading a marriage/parenting book Sleep Acts of service CHAPLAIN DIRECTORATE 7 OCT 2023
FINAL THOUGHTS Work and Life are both part of your life We all have 24 hours in a day, and an unknown number of days to live our lives We must first examine our purpose, and identity to determine how we will prioritize our lives We may need to re-evaluate our lives at various times because of life changes or emotional/physical signs that something is off There are tools we can use to screen tasks and events keeping us from continual overwhelm We must ensure we are keeping ourselves in balance, tending to all aspects and domains of our lives If you are struggling with the many demands you have, there is help! Be sure to reach out CHAPLAIN DIRECTORATE 8 OCT 2023
