What’s the right balance between work and non-work time? The traditional 9-5 has slowly disappeared with the emails and zoom and texting going far beyond traditional business hours. We asked members of our community to share with us how they think about work-life balance.

Josh Granovsky | Canadian Screenwriter

I think I was part of a large wave of people who realized during C****-19 that balance was not optional. For much of lockdown, I would wake up, walk straight to my desk, attend class on Zoom, log off in time to start a job in a different time zone, use my leftover energy for homework and writing, and then go to bed. Read more>>

Debra Hallisey | Author, speaker and past family caregiver

This is such a proactive question. I started my company when I lost my job because I was thrust into the roll as caregiver for my mother. At the start of our eight year journey, her health and needs were such that I could devote the time I felt I needed to getting Advocate for Mom and Dad off the ground. Read more>>

JESSICA CASTRO | Wedding & Family Photographer

My work life balance has changed immensely. It was something that overtime I noticed could be worked on as it affected different relationships in my life. When I first moved to LA 10 years ago there were several years of hustling hard and making myself fully available. This limited the amount I would go back home to see my family. Read more>> 

Nicolas Kiet Quach | Library Board President

When I was beginning to get involved politically, it was definitely not easy. As a young person in politics at 14, I found myself being the youngest person in the room and it was intimidating. In these environments, there are higher expectations in order to receive the same level of respect as the other folks in the room because you’re young. Read more>>

Yanik Niffeler | Tattoo artist

The topic of work-life balance is one that has occupied me for a long time and still causes difficulties today. The most difficult factor is definitely that I don’t perceive my work as work. It is my hobby, my passion. Consequently, I like to invest a lot of time and energy and often forget to give my body and my mind a break. There have been moments in my career when my stress limits have been exceeded. Read more>>