In trying to achieve good work-life balance, we need
personal friends outside our work place to create a better balance.
Usually those friends are from our past, our childhood,
teen or youth where we shared that huge learning curve together having no judgment
placed on us at the time. Sometimes we gain good friends as adults by going
through tough circumstances. Some ask: do we still need those friends as we
have moved on, as in corporate moves? And if so, where does the value lie in
continuing the relationships?
True friends keep us balanced by offering us the variety
and spice of life. Good friends expand our horizons, foster our strengths and
support us when times get tough. What is so important to me is that real
friends provide that extended safe place to exist – that comfort zone of home.
So how do we know who our real friends are? Trust. True
friends are those you can pick up a conversation with as if no time has passed.
I love and appreciate my friends, those who I am
privileged to have in my life today, and those who I have been blessed with who
have moved on. I keep their words of advice and comfort close at hand as tools
to use when I need to keep my life in better balance.
Friends are an important tool in balancing life and work.
