What’s the right balance between work and non-work time? The traditional 9-5 has slowly disappeared with the emails and zoom and texting going far beyond traditional business hours. We asked members of our community to share with us how they think about work-life balance.

Kristen Schneider | Interior Designer

After more than 16 years of being a mom and trying to find the ever-elusive ‘work life balance’, I’ve come to realize that this is an enigmatic term that just doesn’t exist. Not for me. When my two children were little, I just tried to keep my head above water between work, the daycare drop-offs, pick-ups, a million medical appointments, extracurriculars, family events, life in general. I had to come to terms with the fact that I was doing the best that I could. Read more>>

Caitlin Rose | Public Relations Pro, Writer & Mom

Work life balance is something that moms don’t just talk about. We walk that tight rope every single day. For me, before I had my daughters, I was not always the best at balancing the working part of my life with all the other pieces. Particularly in agency culture, a lot of times working more hours than everyone else is a point of pride. Busyness leads to business. But it also leads to burnout. Read more>>

Lisa Wolford | Photographer

This is something I believe all small business owners struggle with… how do we do it all? I am a wife and a mom of two young daughters. Over the years, it’s been an imperfect balancing act to give attention to where it is needed at any given time. What I’ve learned is that the experiences in my personal life carry through to my work… not just the creative side, but the grace I give clients, the grace they give me, the understanding that we are all just trying to do our best. Read more>>

Kristin Spiegel | Licensed Clinical Social Worker, Child and Family Therapist

With life experience, I have become better at work life balance and expanded how I define balance. Traditionally, I thought of balance as the amount of time between work life and personal life but now, I see it more broadly. There is a balance between being comfortable and pushing my comfort level. There is a balance between letting go and opening up space for new opportunities. I have learned that part of balance is doing what I love and doing what inspires me. Read more>>

Erica Laskin | Intimacy/relationship coach and licensed social worker

Balance is a core value of mine and I’m still in the process of creating boundaries that separate my professional life from my personal life. I feel fortunate to be in a profession that aligns with my passion, and most of the time my career does not feel like work. It’s taken me years to get to where I am today, and I still have ways to go; however, my work/life balance is the healthiest it’s ever been. Read more>>

The Kaleidoscope Kid | Musician

Being a musician, there were years that I was just sleeping in a studio. My work and life were so intertwined, but it felt balanced. I was following a passion and chasing my curiosity unapologetically. As the years have passed and my values have changed, I’ve had to really understand what it means to balance the two. The most important thing for me, and it sounds so cliche, but it would have to be my morning routine. Life will be stressful at times. Read more>>

Cenzo Cocca | Artist

I think this is a very important issue to address, the balance. Since I started working with art every day, obviously my relationship with free time has changed and I’m learning to manage the relationship between life and work.
Art helps me so much to reflect on this concept. Read more>>