--- title: "work life balance" url: https://workhomelifemag.com/home/tags/work-life-balance/ description: "Work-Home-Life posts tagged work life balance." published: 2020-07-29 updated: 2020-07-29 --- # work life balance Published 2020-07-29 10 Work–Home–Life posts tagged work life balance. [parenting](https://workhomelifemag.com/home/categories/parenting/) ### [Preparing to Juggle Homeschooling & Working from Home](https://workhomelifemag.com/single-post/2020/07/29/preparing-to-juggle-homeschooling-working-from-home/) Jennifer Janechek · July 29, 2020 As a lifelong lover of learning and teaching, I have always tossed around the idea of homeschooling my children… that is, until I was actually forced to homeschool my four-year-old during a pandemic. I know, I know… homeschooling… [parenting](https://workhomelifemag.com/home/categories/parenting/) ### [A Manifesto against Multitasking](https://workhomelifemag.com/single-post/2020/07/06/a-manifesto-against-multitasking/) Jennifer Janechek · July 6, 2020 This advice might run counter to everything you hear and think about remote work, but in my experience, there is no quicker road to burnout than constantly trying to work and parent simultaneously. Obviously, this advice changes… [WFH success](https://workhomelifemag.com/home/categories/wfh-success/) ### [Taking One Day Off a Week](https://workhomelifemag.com/single-post/2019/06/30/taking-one-day-off-a-week/) Jennifer Janechek · June 30, 2019 When I was in graduate school, I had a good friend who religiously took Sundays off from schoolwork—not primarily for religious purposes, however; she simply carved out one day a week for herself, to put away her school books and… [WFH success](https://workhomelifemag.com/home/categories/wfh-success/) ### [Is “It” All Worth It?](https://workhomelifemag.com/single-post/2019/06/28/is-it-all-worth-it/) Jennifer Janechek · June 28, 2019 Last night, my husband asked me if “it” was worth it, and by “it” he meant my job. He claimed that I work all the time, that I was missing out on my children’s young lives: “They’ll only be this age once. Won’t you be sad that… ### [Are You in the Work-at-Home Doldrums? Here Are 5 Strategies That Will Help](https://workhomelifemag.com/single-post/2019/06/17/are-you-in-the-work-at-home-doldrums-here-are-5-strategies-that-will-help/) Jennifer Janechek · June 17, 2019 As any remote worker or entrepreneur knows, working from home can be both a blessing and a curse. On the one hand, your schedule might be more flexible, with opportunities to squeeze in chores or childcare responsibilities in… ### [You Can’t Have It All](https://workhomelifemag.com/single-post/2019/02/05/you-can-t-have-it-all/) Jennifer Janechek · February 5, 2019 One of the most common phrases I hear from well-intentioned working moms trying to empower other working moms is “You can have it all.” While this phrase is supposed to be encouraging, making women feel like they can be great… [WFH success](https://workhomelifemag.com/home/categories/wfh-success/) ### [Juggling Sick Kids & Work Days](https://workhomelifemag.com/single-post/2018/10/11/juggling-sick-kids-work-days/) Jennifer Janechek · October 15, 2018 My three-year-old started part-time preschool this year, and the constancy of illnesses has been far worse than I could have ever imagined. She’s probably had three colds and one fever-inducing respiratory virus in the past seven… [WFH success](https://workhomelifemag.com/home/categories/wfh-success/) ### [WAHM Reviews: The Fifth Trimester (Part 1)](https://workhomelifemag.com/single-post/2018/08/08/wahm-reviews-the-fifth-trimester-part-1/) Jennifer Janechek · August 9, 2018 I work remotely for a publisher part-time, but I also have been teaching one or two courses at the university where I earned my PhD. I return to teaching in a couple weeks, and quite honestly, I’m kind of freaking out about it. I… [WFH success](https://workhomelifemag.com/home/categories/wfh-success/) ### [Struggling to Get Work Done with a Baby? This Might Help.](https://workhomelifemag.com/single-post/2018/08/02/struggling-to-get-work-done-with-a-baby-this-might-help/) Jennifer Janechek · August 2, 2018 For better or for worse, many moms I know who work from home don’t take a true maternity leave. There are a number of reasons that they don’t: (1) they depend on the income; (2) they don’t want to lose clients by turning down… [WFH success](https://workhomelifemag.com/home/categories/wfh-success/) ### [How Running Saves My Work-at-Home Routine](https://workhomelifemag.com/single-post/2018/07/30/how-running-saves-my-work-at-home-routine/) Jennifer Janechek · July 30, 2018 Part of what I love about working from home is having the freedom and the flexibility to take a 30-minute break and use the time to exercise—something that is very important to me. But what I’ve really noticed lately is that… ## About the writer Jennifer Janechek founded Work-Home-Life and writes every post here, from the work-at-home rhythm pieces to the WAHM book reviews. [Read the full About page](https://workhomelifemag.com/about/) ## Categories - [WFH success](https://workhomelifemag.com/home/categories/wfh-success/)**19** - [parenting](https://workhomelifemag.com/home/categories/parenting/)**7** - [WHL reviews](https://workhomelifemag.com/home/categories/whl-reviews/)**3** - [self-care](https://workhomelifemag.com/home/categories/self-care/)**1** - [homeschooling](https://workhomelifemag.com/home/categories/homeschooling/)**1** ## Recent posts - [The Power and Pleasure of Reading](https://workhomelifemag.com/single-post/the-power-and-pleasure-of-reading/)November 19, 2020 - [Preparing to Juggle Homeschooling & Working from Home](https://workhomelifemag.com/single-post/2020/07/29/preparing-to-juggle-homeschooling-working-from-home/)July 29, 2020 - [One Minute to Feeling & Working Better](https://workhomelifemag.com/single-post/2020/07/27/one-minute-to-feeling-working-better/)July 27, 2020 - [Are You Undercutting Yourself with Emojis?](https://workhomelifemag.com/single-post/2020/07/21/are-you-undercutting-yourself-with-emojis/)July 21, 2020 - [A Manifesto against Multitasking](https://workhomelifemag.com/single-post/2020/07/06/a-manifesto-against-multitasking/)July 6, 2020 ## Tags [work](https://workhomelifemag.com/home/tags/work/) [WAHM](https://workhomelifemag.com/home/tags/wahm/) [remote work](https://workhomelifemag.com/home/tags/remote-work/) [telecommute](https://workhomelifemag.com/home/tags/telecommute/) [work life balance](https://workhomelifemag.com/home/tags/work-life-balance/) [balance](https://workhomelifemag.com/home/tags/balance/) [freelance](https://workhomelifemag.com/home/tags/freelance/) [moms](https://workhomelifemag.com/home/tags/moms/) [exercise](https://workhomelifemag.com/home/tags/exercise/) [focus](https://workhomelifemag.com/home/tags/focus/) [productivity](https://workhomelifemag.com/home/tags/productivity/) [coronavirus](https://workhomelifemag.com/home/tags/coronavirus/) [definiteness of purpose](https://workhomelifemag.com/home/tags/definiteness-of-purpose/) [goals](https://workhomelifemag.com/home/tags/goals/) [multitasking](https://workhomelifemag.com/home/tags/multitasking/) [prioritizing](https://workhomelifemag.com/home/tags/prioritizing/) [time](https://workhomelifemag.com/home/tags/time/) [to do list](https://workhomelifemag.com/home/tags/to-do-list/) [work rhythm](https://workhomelifemag.com/home/tags/work-rhythm/) [babywearing](https://workhomelifemag.com/home/tags/babywearing/) [burnout](https://workhomelifemag.com/home/tags/burnout/) [childcare](https://workhomelifemag.com/home/tags/childcare/) [fourth trimester](https://workhomelifemag.com/home/tags/fourth-trimester/) [isolation](https://workhomelifemag.com/home/tags/isolation/)