Work-Life Balance

I love this blog post about Work Life Balance by Ezzymoon. It has got me thinking about what my own personal work-life balance policy would be.

Mine is pretty similar, but for family reasons, there are some differences:

• Arrive at school by 8am and leave between 5 and 5.30pm.
• At the most, work 2 hours on Sundays and have the rest of the weekend to spend with family and friends.
• Work no more than 2.5 hours each night at home during the week. (I tend to do this late at night after having enjoyed some family and chill out time).
• Do not reply to work emails outside of working hours.
• Spend at least 20 minutes in the staffroom each day eating lunch and socialising.
• Have a conversation with at least 3 different adults per day during working hours.
• Go to sleep by 11.30pm each night during the week.

When I become a headteacher I will insist on my team setting themselves their own limits. How can we teach children to have lives if we don't have lives of our own?

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