Tip #10: join a support group or get a mentor
Everyone needs a little emotional support sometimes. If your family and friends can’t relate to what you’re going through, find people who can.
Welcome to the last tip in this series, which I have been sharing over the past 10 weeks.
My last tip is tip #10: join a support group or get a mentor. Support groups exist for almost any lifestyle or scenario you can imagine, so finding one for workaholics will be easy.
You can get even more specific by searching for a group of working parents struggling with work/life balance. These groups offer two major benefits:
- an opportunity to vent to people who truly understand what you’re going through, and
- the ability to strategise with a group about how to improve your situation.
Both of these aspects will reduce stress almost immediately. This can also be a mentor where you can get guidance on both work and personal issues.
Some of my previous tips work hand in hand with this one::
- Tip #9: start having a family night
- Tip #8: eat together
- Tip #7: find a family-friendly workplace
- Tip #6: simplify your life
- Tip #5: stop being a workaholic
- Tip #4: have a regular health check
- Tip #3: take care of yourself
- Tip #2: say no to the unimportant
- Tip #1: pace yourself
I hope that some, if not all of these, have challenged the way you think about the balance you have, or may not have in your life. Maybe there has been something that you have changed? It would be great to hear what the change was and the effect this has had on you.