Steveer Robbins here.

Welcome to the Get It Done Guys quick and dirty tips to work less and do more.

Listener Tom writes in, I work 10 to 7, often later, plus at least parts of nearly every weekend.

To that, add a 30-minute commute each way, and I can barely fit in basic life tasks like laundry,

going to the

post office and paying bills, let alone having a personal life. I used to love what I do. Now I hate it.

How can I fit in my life around my job? Tom, Tom, Tom. You're the victim of the 21st century.

We're all so glad to have jobs at all that we pretty much put up with job situations

that suck. First, make sure you've listened to my previous podcasts about how to set boundaries at

work and how to balance work in life. There are links in this episode's transcript, because we're

going to build on those today. Here are seven tips for helping to achieve work-life balance.

Tip number one is to budget your time.

We're taught to budget our money and spend it wisely, but we're not taught to budget our time.

And while you can earn more money, you can't get more time.

When your number is up, it's up.

A so-called work-life balance is simply deciding how much of your non-replaceable time

you're going to spend working,

including your commute, and how much you're reserving for your actual life,

which is the part that matters.

I reserve 3.5 hours on alternate Saturdays for my personal life.

I hope you do better.

Tip number two, choose your risk level.

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