Balancing family, work, social events is ongoing and on the whole, I think we all do pretty well. We all get it right some of the time and we sleep well most of the time or pretty well!
Your sleep quality is dependent on your job and your family life and so many other factors! Of course shift workers are said to suffer from sleep deprivation the most, however, if they are managing it to work for them, there isn’t an issue.
America’s Centre for Disease Control and Prevention conducted a survey and the top 5 professions were the most sleep deprived: Home health aides, lawyers, police officers, physicians and economists were the top five most sleep-deprived careers – see more at: http://www.businessnewsdaily.com/2101-sleep-deprived-jobs.html#sthash.vvpxm1oh.dpuf
Let’s not put more pressure on ourselves, but just consider the following every day and bring downtime into our schedule. I just Googled; ‘Work life balance tips’ and this is what appeared:
- Drop activities that sap your time or energy
- Rethink your errands
- Get moving
- Remember that a little relaxation goes a long way
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