Work Life Balance


Work–life balance is a concept including proper prioritizing between "work" (career and ambition) and "lifestyle" (health, pleasure, leisure, family and spiritual development/meditation). This is related to the idea of lifestyle choice.



Task 1
Discuss the comments made by the pictures in the slide below.










Task 2
Discuss the following aspects:
  1. Identity through work vs True Self
  2. Work Family Conflict
  3. Career
  4. Technology
  5. Mental Imbalance - Stress
  6. Lower Birth Rates
  7. Diversity - Sexual Orientation - Religion - Intersectionality
  8. Money Rich = Time Poor
  9. Dual Career Commuter Couples
  10. Death From Overwork
  11. Mompreneur
  12. On ramping or off ramping the workforce
  13. Personal life vs Social Role
  14. Leisure vs Necessity
  15. Presenteeism
  16. Peer Marriage
  17. Telecommuting and teleworking
  18. Time Bind (work is home and home is work)
  19. Total Worker Health and not only occupational safety
  20. Workaholic
  21. Work Life Interface - Interferences
Task 3
Complete the following questionaire in groups.

Task 4
Watch these videos and discuss the questions below.

What went wrong?
What could they have done differently?