In related news to the previous post, a big theme in our field--and I suspect many others--is "work-life balance". A conversation I had not too long ago led me to take a look at that term a bit.
In the aforementioned chat, someone brought forth the term "work-life negotiation," emphasizing the constant give and take of the two roles. That said, there's a new term I prefer: Job-home balance. The way I see it, my life is exactly that, my life, all-encompassing. As such, my work is naturally part of that. I'm not striking balance between two things, because those two things, by their very nature intersect and overlap. Job-home balance, however, means to me that I do my best to keep my home life at home and my job in (and around) the office. This is the balance I seek to strike.
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