Shifting Identities From Work To Home

Many of us spend the majority of our waking hours at work.

The work day demands a certain amount of discipline and focus. Chances are, you’re not exactly the same person at home that you are at work. Your personality is still the same, but at work you may be more purposeful and goal oriented.

Maybe you are in a leadership position in your workplace, tasked with being in charge of employees or making big decisions on behalf of your company. If you are a CEO or in upper administration, you probably feel the additional pressure of the bottom line and bear a lot of company responsibility.

Shifting from a pressured, high responsibility job back into home life can be a challenging process.

Often people struggle with the transition from work to home because of the vast difference in expectation from one setting to the next. Employers, co-workers and subordinates expect decisiveness and confidence. Family and friends expect support, love and a more relaxed version of you.

Trying to toggle between the work-self and the home-self can be enough to make your head spin. You are likely to have stressors in both places, but different kinds of stressors. You have responsibilities in both places, but different kinds of responsibilities. It is impossible to generalize a skill set for both places because they demand such different parts of you.

Easing The Transition

As you explore ways to transition from work-self to home-self, consider the following ideas on my blog: http://www.lifebalancellc.com/teyhousmyth/Shifting Identities/