What are your work-life boundaries?

Part of my work with clients is talking about their non-negotiables for their next roles.

What are the 5 things you need to be in place for this next role to feel successful or meaningful? Flexibility comes up for many clients – yet it means different things to different people.

So – what does it mean to you?

And how’s it going?

Sometimes it’s as simple as - I want to be treated like a grownup. If I need to run an errand during the day AND I get all of my work done – it’s not a major event where I need to account for the 30 minutes I was gone.

Also – most of the working parents I support want to log off between 6:30 and 8:30 to spend QT with their families.

They may log on after to check a few emails…or they may dive into the latest streaming true crime docuseries. Or both at the same time

Whatever you want it to look like with your work day, it’s important to take the time to reflect on your work-life boundary-setting wins – and the areas where it may be falling apart.

Are you able to carve out sacred, disconnected time?

Is it respected by your employer or your clients?

Are you jumping into after hours or weekend work without being asked? Where is this coming from? Does it feel expansive and energizing?

Or is it coming from a place of fear? I need to prove my value. Responsiveness equals usefulness.

We’re going to be discussing setting work-life boundaries, holding our lines, the discomfort when others disagree, powerful ways to say no…and more in our next Career Connections Conversation.

To be part of this chat and a member of this growing community of vulnerable, supportive and wise humans sign up at rachelbgarrett.com/connections.

Our last conversation about asking for help was heart-filling. Everyone walked away with new friends and career advocates.

Hope to get you thinking about how it’s going with your own boundaries – and even better get to chat with you about it soon!