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They are at time.com/newsletters and are separate from a paid subscription. ## Video: How To Be a Work/Life Balance Ninja [Watch (HLS stream): How To Be a Work/Life Balance Ninja](https://cdn.jwplayer.com/manifests/mYuFJGI5.m3u8) (1:51)  _Published 2015-08-21. Kerry Hannon, author of 'Love Your Job,' dicusses how find balance between your office and home lives._ --- Jul 27, 2023 6:42 PM UTC --- ## More From This Series [All Videos](https://time.com/video/) [4 Tips for Achieving Work-Life Balance](/video/MMt5sX1N/) ### 4 Tips for Achieving Work-Life Balance [How Do You Balance Your Work Life and Home Life?](/video/0KCso1uq/) ### How Do You Balance Your Work Life and Home Life? [Balance](/video/5v2Znsjk/) ### Balance --- ## Transcript Everyone wants to be a work, life balance ninja, but how do you do that? You know, this is such a tricky area because a particularly, when you're starting off in your career, it's all consuming. It is your identity. It is who you are and most of your friends are probably your colleagues and so Your social life and your work life get blended and it's very hard to draw that line between the two. I think as you get older and you move along in your career and work life, the home becomes much more important than what you do outside the workplace. It's critical because you need to re- energize, re- fire, and rejuvenate. Try to. It'll mark out time that you want to set aside and be clear about drawing those boundaries. If you're good at sticking to a schedule and being organized at work, you can certainly mark out time for yourself. And that's up to you to do. Is there a way to negotiate for more free time and more flexibility? Depends on your employer, not everyone's [ UNKNOWN ] open to this but if there's some way you can build flexibility into your work hours and that's what most of us want. I think when you look at what makes someone love their job. It's often autonomy. It's having a sense of I'm in control of my time, of my destiny, to a certain extent. So if you can find a way to talk to your employer about like, " Could I start a little later in the morning ?" " Could I come in, you know, at a different time ?" " Can I work from home two days a week ?" But I think it's all about having that open relationship and discussion with your boss. And talking to other people at work, who have done similar things to find out what were the roadblocks. How did the sell the boss on this idea. You're going to have to prove that you can meet your deadlines. You can, you know, make them shine by you not being in the office. And it's a control thing in a certain way. But, I love it. If you can have a flexible schedule, I find You can make the case to employers that, in fact, you are more productive. Thanks so much for joining us Kari. 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