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1Why it's wrong to look at work-life balance as an achievement A) Few topics have been so endlessly analysed as work-life
2balance. The quest to attain this mysterious state has dominated discussion around careers for years- especially for
3working parents. The concept is often presented as something to achieve, or a goal to reach. And once you've reached it,
4congratulations: you've made it; you're a successful human being of the 21st century. B) But the problem is that we
5often tell ourselves: "I'm going to put in eight hours' worth of work, and then I'm going to put in eight hours' worth
6of 'me time', which will include my family, my hobbies, my workout, my everything,says Anat Lechner, clinical associate
7professor of management at New York University. "I don't think ifs such a simple formula." C) And, according to new
8findings, it may not be. Some researchers are now encouraging us to stop thinking about work-life balance as an
9achievement that you either hit or don't. Instead, they suggest it may be more of a lifelong process- a continuous,
10never-ending exercise that requires self-awareness and timely adjustments. Researchers loana Lupu and Mayra Rujz-Castro
11argue that work-life balance is “a cycle, not an achievemenf, . In their 2020 study, the researchers interviewed nearly
1280 employees at two London-based firms- an equal number of men and women between the ages of 30 and 50, all with at
13least one dependent child- who worked in middle or senior management roles. D) Although it sounds like the respondents
14had a lot in common, here's what separated them: about 30% of the men and 50% of the women reported resisting working
15long hours. The other respondents, meanwhile, ll worked long hours because they thought that's what successful
16professionals should do. E) Lupu and Ruiz-Castro looked at those who rejected the long hours and they found that those
17workers actually had strikingly similar strategies for maintaining their work-life balance. They had a tendency to
18reflect and question assumptions in the name of self-awareness and regularly took steps to adjust the things standing in
19their way to work-life balance. F) Lupu and Ruiz-Castro identified five steps that the respondents in the study who had
20better work-life balance used in their jobs. First, they paused and reconsidered beliefs such as 'T m a professional, so
21I should work, work, work”, and asked themselves questions like, "What's currently causing me stress?55 Second, after
22identifying the cause, they zeroed in on their resultant motions. Did they feel angry, sad, energised? Third, they
23reprioritised, asking “Is working long hours really worth cutting back on family time?”，for example. Fourth, they
24considered their alternatives: is there anything at work that could be changed to accommodate these new priorities? And
25finally, they implemented changes, like asking their supervisor for greater flexibility, or deciding not to take on
26every project that comes their way. G) This five-step process is something anyone can adopt. Going through the steps,
27and constantly checking in with yourself, can help you shift and adapt your professional life to something that will
28better harmonise with your personal one. ''Awareness of your emotional state is essential in order to determine the
29changes you want to make in your work and in your says Lupu. H) New York University's Lechner agrees that finding that
30balance is an ongoing pursuit. Ifs not simply about dividing up the hours in your day between work, the gym, kids and
31chores. If the underlying emotional sources of stress are still there, then the time you actually spend at home may not
32be enjoyable. "We come home and even though physically we are there, mentally we still may be processing things that
33happened at work. We're not present,n she says. What we call “work-life balance” is actually just a substitute to having
34a sense of fulfillment and contentment. I) Of course, finding that balance probably shouldn't be something you have to
35do by yourself. Research by Erin Kelly, professor of work and organisation studies at MIT, shows companies and managers
36can play a key role in creating a better environment for workers. For her book Overload: How Good Jobs Went Bad and What
37to Do about It, she and co-author Phyllis Moen split more than 1,000 employees at a Fortune 500 company into two groups,
38one that worked under a management redesign and one that continued working within the existing management structure. J)
39Under the management redesign, many steps were taken to ensure better work-life balance and prevent burnout (精 疲 力 竭 ).
40Managers were regularly reminded to explicitly support their employees. Workers were allowed to make changes, like
41cancelling 9 am meetings. All of this was done in the name of increasing job satisfaction and giving workers greater
42flexibility, and to assure workers that it was something management was committed to. Unsurprisingly, Kelly and Moen
43found that employees in the redesign group reported less stress and less burnout. They were less likely to quit their
44jobs; indeed, over the next four years, they were 40% less likely to quit than those who kept working under the old
45policies. K) “Work-life balance is understood to be an individuaFs response, so people think 'it's up to me to manage
46the craziness of my work says Kelly. But organisations need to examine the demands they're placing on employees. u The
47root problem is not how the two pieces of work and life come together. Ifs that we have unrealistic expectations of what
48we're asked to do on the work side." If your workplace isn't an environment where work-life balance is possible in the
49first place, any effort you attempt to make toward it on a personal level will be in vain. L) That's a conversation that
50appears to be gathering pace. The new prevalence of remote and flexible working models will likely all play important
51roles in how we balance our professional and personal lives. And if it seems like finding that perfect balance remains
52difficult to achieve, the experts say that keeping some perspective can help. For millions of people, work is about
53being able to put food on the table. Talking about work-life balance “is a very privileged conversation"，says Lechner.
54"If we're reflecting, maybe we should also reflect on that.”
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