WDS Career Corner: Ten Tips for Maintaining Work-Life Balance
Ten Tips for Maintaining Work-Life Balance Special thanks to Drs. Anna Karp and Mara C. Weinstein Velez for their invaluable tips on how to keep work-life balance. Take care of yourself first physically, mentally, emotionally in whatever way best fits your lifestyle. This makes the time spent with patients and family more fulfilling. Be present at home and do the same at work. Sometimes things come up (e.g., patient emergency while you're with your kids), but most of the time you can separate the two. I've changed my mind set over time from thinking about how hard it is to do both well to thinking about the two roles enriching each other. When you are at work, you can recharge for parenting and vice versa. Set a time frame for working from home. Whether it’s finishing charts or virtual patients, putting a hard stop on work tasks will make family time more valuable. I try my best to not bring work home. Being home with young kids is like a second job...