We’re bad at work-life balance because we’re bad at tracking time on things

I have a bunch of different opinions about work-life balance. At one level, I think it’s a total crock of shit that should be re-branded about 1,927 times over. When I think that way about work-life balance, here’s the deal: it’s total buzzword by this point and it allows everyone to start kneeling in the altars at The Temple Of Busy as they claim achieving work-life balance is impossible. OMG!

There’s another side of me that thinks work-life balance could actually be a strategic advantage for companies, although admittedly it would require a new way of thinking about the term or concept — and anytime you combine the word “companies” with “new way of thinking,” you’re already basically trying to walk an elephant out onto a twig and hope it doesn’t snap. Companies don’t often think in new ways unless bankruptcy is bearing down on ’em. They might think about new things — chasing shiny nickels, in other words — but that doesn’t mean they often think about things in new ways.

Alright, so … back to work-life balance. Where should we stand on it?

Work-life balance: Some contextual background

Here’s an article on Harvard Business Review from Scott Behson, who appears to be a management professor at FDU and has written…