Recently Lisa Gates, a Twitter friend of mine, and I jumped on the phone and talked about life, business, and the whole notion of workplace flexibility. Lisa is a life balance specialist and coach with Craving Balance and I just love her positivity and perspective on all things related to work-life balance. I asked Lisa to share her thoughts on regaining balance and today she brings you 10 questions you can ask yourself to get your life back on track. Enjoy!

You know you’re out of balance when…

1. Your mail sits unopened for a week and you pay your bills late.
2. You think that the more plates you can spin, the more you can have it all.
3. You keep declining invitations with friends.
4. You can’t remember the last time you talked with your brother.
5. You forget appointments and blow off commitments (like working out, eating healthy).
6. You stop writing your task lists for the week and fly by the seat of your pants.
7. You haven’t synced your iPhone in weeks.
8. You don’t care if you’re not on track with your plan.
9. You can’t remember what’s in your plan.
10. You don’t answer your phone or you’re always on the phone.

Isn’t “having it all” a hamster-wheel myth borne of fear? Why not stop the bloodletting and take a look. Making quality-of-life shifts is much more sustainable when the solutions come authentically and naturally from within. We achieve that by asking questions, making inquiries, and recommitting ourselves to actions that are connected to our values.

To get yourself back on track, it’s helpful to ask yourself some powerful questions now and then. These 10 questions will bring resonance to your choices and heart to your actions:

1. What is it to be completely fulfilled in life?
2. What values, qualities of being must be present for you to have a fulfilled life?
3. How would honoring those values impact your experience of work-life balance?
4. What are you committed to? (Not goals… goals are the doings that happen inside the field of commitments.)
5. What actions give you the least joy?
6. If you were committed to an organized, energetic, juicy, fulfilling experience in your work and life, how would that change your perspective about #5?
7. What two or three actions could you take right now that would create the most impact on your wellbeing?
8. What three things do you do in your daily life have absolutely no relevance to work or life fulfillment?
9. What are you willing to give up?
10. When will you commit to answering all these questions?

No, really: When will you commit to answering all these questions?

About the Author

Lisa Gates is a life balance specialist and coach with Craving Balance. She is passionate about helping women set goals from the inside out, design personalized balance roadmaps, and bring rigorous and soulful accountability to their personal and professional lives. Through their unique Set Your Own Rate and Donate program, all women have access to coaching, while making a contribution to organizations that benefit women’s leadership and women’s equality.

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