Coaching practices for Work Life Balance Choices

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Does this sound like the set of challenges you might be facing?

• Something has to give and I know it, but I keep refusing to be the one who decides what
• There’s a job that pays more but eats my evenings, and a longer commute that saves a little cash, and I keep instinctively grabbing the money option
• I tell myself my family comes first, but when I look at where my week actually went it was almost all work, and I can’t square the story I tell with where the hours really landed.
• All my energy pours into work while my body, my friendships, the fun stuff just quietly get nothing
• I keep telling myself family comes first, but when I actually look at where my hours went this week it’s almost all work

Practices that may help

1. Choose which burner to turn down intentionally
   Decide which domain to underfund deliberately rather than letting exhaustion decide for you.
   Four Burners Theory: Making Peace With Trade-Offs
2. Choose time over money on purpose
   When trade-offs arise, weight time more heavily than the extra dollars.
   Time Affluence, Made Practical
3. Name which burners are actually on
   Honestly assess how much fuel each of the four domains is receiving right now.
   Four Burners Theory: Making Peace With Trade-Offs
4. Map your Hot Spots to see where you invest your life
   Define the key life areas (Hot Spots) that matter most and allocate attention across them intentionally.
   Getting Results the Agile Way (AGS), Made Practical
5. Audit work hours against your stated priorities
   Compare how you actually spend your time this week against what you say matters most.
   The Regret of the Dying
6. Use the bullseye to resolve competing values
   When two values pull in different directions, the bullseye shows you which domain is most neglected and most in need of attention.
   Values Bullseye, Made Practical
7. Actively choose time over money at decision points
   People who habitually trade money for time report higher life satisfaction than those who do the reverse.
   Time Smart: Buying Back Your Time Affluence
8. Distinguish rebalancing from raising — they are different goals
   A lopsided wheel needs rebalancing; a uniformly low wheel needs investment — know which problem you have.
   The Wheel of Life, Made Practical
9. The Wheel of Life, Made Practical
   The Wheel of Life is a coaching tool that maps satisfaction across multiple life domains (career, health, relationships, finances, and others) as a visual "wheel" to show where life is well-rounded and where it is flat. It is widely used in coaching but lacks independent clinical trial evidence; its value is as a structured self-awareness and conversation-starter tool rather than a therapeutic intervention.
10. Protect one full day each week
    Set aside a recurring 24-hour block where work simply does not happen.
    Sabbath: A Weekly Day of Rest

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