managing a fulltime job and at the same time trying to balance your personal life to the best of your ability is not always an easy task conflicting schedules workrelated stress and personal commitments can lead to burnout and even affect your performance at work this is why experts say that striking the right balance is very important the moment you realise that balancing your work and personal life is getting very challenging and you arent alone its time you take a step back and change your routinehere are some tips that might help resist the urge to reach out for your smartphone to check emails postwork hours today not only do a large number of people put in overtime but are also stuck to their smartphones after work which results in damaged personal relationships while working from home after office hours once in a while is alright doing it everyday or regularly is not a very important question that most people need to ask themselves is are they giving enough time to things that makes them happy very often we get so engrossed in our daily routine that we forget to simply enjoy doing things that destress us the idea is to be in control over your postwork hours and spend them accordingly make a weekly timetable of tasks so that you dont get overwhelmed during the week especially with pending chores or last minute invites also make sure that you allocate adequate time to your family and friends and to hobbies that will help you unwindwhen you have something to look forward to youll be able to deal with tasks better if you feel guilty about pampering yourself read this a study has stated that when you spend time doing things that make you feel good a visit to the spa for example you will automatically destress and be in a better position to focus at work list down those activities that drain you out it could be dealing with an inquisitive neighbour mean colleague or an irritating relativeand figure out how you will feel when you dont have to deal with them sometimes taking a step back is actually a good thing an average person spends almost four to five hours on their smart phone either surfing the web playing games doing online shop ping or answer ing emails imagine if you spent your time doing something more constructive by this it doesnt mean you stop doing these things completely however it would definitely make a difference if you limit the time you spent on your smartphone give a onceover to your list of chores are there some tasks that you could do differently instead of spending an hour or more at the supermarket every weekend why not alternate every week with grocery shopping online this way you save time actually visiting the supermarket and can shop from the comfort of your home or office whats more delivery is mostly free no matter how busy