{"id":735,"date":"2012-01-05T09:30:59","date_gmt":"2012-01-05T14:30:59","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.uvm.edu\/~career\/blog\/?p=735"},"modified":"2022-12-08T12:19:27","modified_gmt":"2022-12-08T16:19:27","slug":"in-pursuit-of-a-balanced-life","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.uvm.edu\/career-center\/in-pursuit-of-a-balanced-life\/","title":{"rendered":"In Pursuit of a Balanced Life"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: left\"><em>\u201cBalance, peace, and joy are the fruit of a successful life. It starts with recognizing your talents and finding ways to serve others by using them.\u201d -Thomas Kinkade<\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/www.uvm.edu\/~career\/images\/Blogimages\/healthyyou.jpg\" alt=\"Healthy You\" width=\"259\" height=\"194\" \/><\/p>\n<p>In this fast-paced world, it\u2019s easy to learn the skills of extreme multi-tasking, sleep deprivation, delaying joy, and others that defeat efforts for our health and well-being.\u00a0 School and work can make it challenging to practice self-care, and learning to balance all of life\u2019s many demands can be tricky.<\/p>\n<p>Although striking such a balance is no easy feat, even the President of The United States of America <a href=\"http:\/\/www.forbes.com\/sites\/shenegotiates\/2011\/08\/22\/president-obama-models-work-life-balance-as-dad-in-chief\/\">finds time to pull away from his demanding job<\/a>.\u00a0 The new year is a great time to begin implementing strategies to help you stay centered through all of life\u2019s obstacles and prioritize the things that matter most to you.<\/p>\n<p>Here are some tips for striking your own balance:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><em>Identify your <\/em><a href=\"http:\/\/www.uvm.edu\/~career\/?Page=myinterests.html\"><em>interests, skills, and values<\/em><\/a>&#8211; reflecting on what\u2019s important to you can help you assess what areas of your life need attention<\/li>\n<li><em>Create manageable \u201cTo-Do\u201d lists<\/em>&#8211; develop a list of tasks and give yourself reasonable time to accomplish what you\u2019ve laid out<\/li>\n<li><em>Use a calendar or planner<\/em>&#8211; by blocking out time for work, school, social activities, exercise and other parts of your day, you\u2019ll give yourself a visual reminder of what balance means to you<\/li>\n<li><em>Reserve time for ample sleep<\/em>&#8211; 7-9 hours is generally advisable<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Balance takes practice, but the benefits are well worth the effort.\u00a0 Here\u2019s to a balanced, peaceful, joyful you!<\/p>\n<p><em>~Ashley<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\u201cBalance, peace, and joy are the fruit of a successful life. It starts with recognizing your talents and finding ways to serve others by using them.\u201d -Thomas Kinkade In this fast-paced world, it\u2019s easy to learn the skills of extreme multi-tasking, sleep deprivation, delaying joy, and others that defeat efforts for our health and well-being.\u00a0 &hellip; <\/p>\n<p class=\"link-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/blog.uvm.edu\/career-center\/in-pursuit-of-a-balanced-life\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;In Pursuit of a Balanced Life&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":832,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[129271,1],"tags":[116804,603,6870,569,137263,528,138525],"class_list":["post-735","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-helpful-resources","category-uncategorized","tag-advice","tag-how-to","tag-inspiration","tag-photos","tag-quotes","tag-tips","tag-work-life-balance","entry"],"featured_image_src":null,"featured_image_src_square":null,"author_info":{"display_name":"career","author_link":"https:\/\/blog.uvm.edu\/career-center\/author\/career\/"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.uvm.edu\/career-center\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/735","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.uvm.edu\/career-center\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.uvm.edu\/career-center\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.uvm.edu\/career-center\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/832"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.uvm.edu\/career-center\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=735"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/blog.uvm.edu\/career-center\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/735\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2657,"href":"https:\/\/blog.uvm.edu\/career-center\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/735\/revisions\/2657"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.uvm.edu\/career-center\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=735"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.uvm.edu\/career-center\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=735"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.uvm.edu\/career-center\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=735"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}