Dysfunctional Planner

How do you balance work and home life?

In the grand scheme of working, no one cares. Everyone is replaceable, so you do not owe work more than your hours they pay you for.

I have a good boss who looks after me.

Last years cancer meant I wasn’t my normal self and my boss was amazing. I work for her, I don’t put my all in for my top boss. That doesn’t mean I am a slacker. By no means I am definitely a hard worker who prefers to be busy than bored. Working in retail it’s the team you work for/ with. Not the company.

The company cares about profits- not you. The last retail job I worked for describes themselves like a family. Yes a really shitty family who says they can’t afford pay rises but buy a new car and fly away on expensive holidays every few months.

I swore never again.

My pay is from 9-5 so that what I work. I told my boss if they ever need me to put in more hours I am happy to in the morning but never in the evening.

My evenings are sacred.

They are for me and my family and friends.

They pay me till 5pm so that’s when I shut my laptop. No one ever complains or comments. It’s not for them to.

Work life balance is incredibly important to me. I may not go up substantially in pay scale but I have my weekends free. 36 days holiday a year. And potentially 13 days off in lieu of I do work extra.

That to me is balance.

I don’t live to work anymore, those days are done.