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One thing I found was that being busier and filling up my calendar actually made me more active/disciplined about other things. Give me four hours of free time, I will waste most of it and maybe gym. But pencil in some appointment/obligation, and I will magically find the motivation to attend that, go to the gym, eat a healthy meal, etc
Bodies in motion stay in motion, bodies at rest stay at rest. Just sign up for stuff, make plans with people, and fill in the gaps with the rest
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I mean I basically do that, in a different order but it’s about knowing what you’re good at/can procrastinate and what is going to take long. Front load the longer things and take your breaks in early afternoon to have a life of no meetings, go hang with friends, then do the things you know you can crush and get out the way after. This is atleast my secret sauce and I have a wonderful WLB. I’m a manager for reference if it matters. It all about setting some boundaries but also NEVER getting behind and having trust of coworkers/people above you that even if you make some WLB decisions, it won’t sacrifice work.
It’s a little hard to give advice because it really depends on your own situation to some degree.
Like I will routinely defend my own personal time by declining meetings I don’t feel I need to be at, saying no to things I don’t have bandwidth for, and shoving off work early when I can. But I also have built a very strong reputation at my firm as a go to person and I also deliver work and maintain great relationships with clients. So no one really questions me when I do those things.
There are small things you can do regardless of how good you are at your job and how much people like working with you. But you kind of need to be good and liked to both make a high salary and have a balance like this person does.
I go to the gym most everyday at 5ish, work 8-10 hours and have dinner with my family most of the time (sometimes have dinner then go back to finish stuff up). I make time for social stuff when I can, and/or prioritize it and shift my work and workouts around.
When there is a hard push on a high burn project or deliverable I need to prioritize that, but it can’t be all the time. It’s all about time and expectation management (of my work, my family and of myself) all the time.