By Amanda Singleton — 2020
Ways to stay afloat when you are providing care for multiple people at the same time
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Try your best to remain open to all possible solutions and communicate honestly with the people in your life.
These ideas may help you care for your loved one while keeping up your career.
Compartmentalize your life to be fully present in the moment
As an entrepreneur, one of the hardest parts of my job is maintaining a healthy work-life balance. Like most of us, I have hobbies outside the office and a great group of friends and family that I enjoy spending time with.
Research shows that entrepreneurs are more likely than most to suffer from mental health conditions—a factor of their high-stress jobs and the psychological traits that steer people toward starting a business in the first place.
One way to find balance is to separate work from your outside life entirely, and leave science in the lab. But I see it differently: I have found joy and balance by joining my research and hobbies.
As we peer around the corner of the pandemic, let’s talk about what we want to do—and not do—with the rest of our lives.
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