When the Well is Dry, We Know the Worth of Water

Frontiers in Pediatrics

David Epstein¹ 

关键词: work–;    life balance;    self-reflection;    self-perception;    expectation;    well-being;   

DOI  :  10.3389/fped.2016.00012

学科分类：儿科学

来源: Frontiers

【 摘 要 】

When I was asked to write an article about work–life balance, I told my wife and she innocently asked me, “In order to write about work–life balance, don’t you need to have a work–life balance first?” After all of these years of practice, didn’t I have that balance worked out? Was my perception totally inaccurate? I know that struggling to balance my work and life outside of work has been something that I have been keenly aware of for some time. Nevertheless, it seems as though I have more work to do! And gathering from the request to write a piece on this topic, I am not alone in this struggle. So, I started contemplating the etiology of the work–life balance problems, when I noticed the importance of work–life balance, the benefits of and obstacles to work–life balance, and how I would try to solve the problem for myself.

【 授权许可】

CC BY