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.

Sara Martinelli | Owner Three Leaf Concepts, Three leaf Farm, Boulder Tea Company

I think that when you run your own business, it’s more than just a job. it’s a part of who you ARE – and that is what makes it possible to put all the extra time in to make it successful. There’s not a lot of Work/Life Balance when you own your own business, but if you really enjoy what you do, there doesn’t need to be. I’ve been so fortunate to be able to adjust to the different needs of my family, especially my children, as they’ve gone through different stages. Now that they are all adults and working in the family business, it’s a complete family affair. There is not really any life OUTSIDE of work – it all flows together. Read more>>

Kelly Perez | CEO and cofounder, Cannabis Doing Good & Cannabis Impact Fund cofounder & Satya Yoga Coop Instructor/Member

The concept of live work balance in a racialized, unequal capitalist system is a little bit of a trap; like it’s a concept that we can use as another way to judge ourselves if we aren’t careful. Balance is largely a privilege of economics. Struggling to make due doesn’t leave much space and time for ourselves and caring for each other. Folks hustle so hard, especially the women I have known, to attain a rather unattainable concept I’ve watched so much wisdom and unique living come from my community, where living ones values is a constant juggle, but these women inspire me by centering Spirit/God their children, our community. We remind one another to rest. We are not our productivity. Read more>>

Brittany Naylor | Artist & Small Business Owner

I spent the last 12 years of my career in tech, working as hard as I could to grow as fast as I could. I don’t feel like I had a good sense of work life balance until the pandemic. Turning my life space into my work space made me really realize the importance of boundaries because my work was so accessible to me now. I used to think about boundaries as something I set between other people, but I learned very quickly I needed to set boundaries with myself too! My philosophy on this balance and boundary setting is rooted in the belief that we have a limited budget of energy to spend in a day. Read more>>