Work-life harmony
Treat work and home as feeding each other rather than as a strict trade-off
Balance is the usual word, and it implies you are dividing a fixed quantity, so every hour at work is an hour stolen from home. Harmony assumes the two run in a loop. Being happy at work makes someone better company at home, and a good home life sends them back to work with more energy. So stop counting hours. Watch instead for the moment one side starts draining the other, and fix that rather than the schedule.
People on record
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Does it: documented as part of their own routine. Recommends: explicitly advises other people to do it. Discusses: covered it substantively without clear personal adoption; this can include criticism or disagreement.
- Jeff BezosDoes it
Amazon and Blue Origin founder · Six-page memos and eight hours of sleep
Prefers the word harmony to balance, because balance implies a strict trade-off. His version is a loop: happiness at work makes him a better husband and father, and happiness at home sends him into work with more energy.
Source: Thrive Global: Jeff Bezos: Why Getting 8 Hours of Sleep Is Good for Amazon Shareholders
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Daily walking
A long walk most days, often without headphones
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Cooking family dinner
Making the evening meal from scratch as the default, kids in the kitchen
On record from 1 of 62 tracked people: 1 does it - HabitFREE, no cost
High five in the mirror
A silent high five to your own reflection after brushing your teeth
On record from 1 of 62 tracked people: 1 does it - HabitFREE, no cost
Morning puttering
A slow, unscheduled first hour or two: coffee, the paper, breakfast, no meetings
On record from 1 of 62 tracked people: 1 does it - HabitFREE, no cost
Time in nature
Deliberate time outdoors among trees, water or open sky, most days
On record from 1 of 62 tracked people: 1 does it - Habit$$$Cheap: Roughly under $50, or under $15/month.
Vegetable gardening
Growing food you then cook, on a plot, a raised bed or a balcony
On record from 1 of 62 tracked people: 1 does it
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