Jana Kingsford, author of the book Unjuggled wrote “Balance is not something you find, it is something you create.” How do you do that? How do you create balance in your life? Here are some tools from Psychology Today to help you move toward creating balance in ways that you can.

Clarify your values.
An important starting place in working toward spending time on a range of things that matter to you is clarifying what is important to you. Pay particular attention to the areas of life that you value but that you struggle to fit into your life so that you can work toward adding them into your daily, weekly, or monthly routines. This process can help you attend to what is important to you and not just what is urgent.

Turn toward the reality of time.
Choose a typical day or week and monitor how long you spend in each domain of your life (e.g., work, family, friends, self-care and nourishment, community, spirituality, household responsibilities, etc). Notice what takes longer than you expe...

Do you ever feel like sometimes your life seems out of balance? Do you feel that work sometimes gets in the way of life? According to Psychology Today, “Work-life balance” describes the equilibrium between the demands of “work,” and the activities that make up the rest of our lives. “Work” may represent working for income, but also includes caring for loved ones, and performing other essential activities. We each need quality personal time outside of work. Yet it's not always easy to reconcile your personal life with things you must do. Before we can balance work with life, we need to establish the starting point. Ask yourself: How much of my energy goes to me and my family/friends, compared with time spent working?

“It is not work but rather the pursuit of things outside of work that are often the most rewarding. From travel to family time, personal time, socializing, volunteering, and other recreation, these activities are enriching. However, many of us are so bound to work and es...