| > | | | | Does my household environment express and |
| Find out about two main reasons we run short of | | | | support my intentions? Does my work |
| energy we need to maintain work life balance and | | | | environment express and support my intentions? |
| call your energy home with an energy inventory | | | | Is my car (bike) clean and in good repair? Is my |
| offered in this article. | | | | equipment in good repair? Are there chores that I |
| Do you have the energy to sustain work life | | | | have been putting off? |
| balance or do you sometimes suspect that if your | | | | Support Systems |
| dreams came true you would be too tired or | | | | Do I give and receive energy with my family in a |
| scattered to sustain them? | | | | healthy way? Do I give and receive energy in |
| Work life balance is essential if we are to be | | | | friendship in a healthy way? Am I giving and |
| effective. Without work life balance, we may leak | | | | receiving energy in a healthy way with my |
| our energy and resources and lose focus. We leak | | | | spouse/partner? Do I know where to get help |
| energy to unimportant activities or unconscious | | | | and do I ask for help when I need it? |
| commitments as a result of not having focused | | | | Physical Health |
| intentions and make considered choices. The | | | | Have I been putting off a physical or other health |
| simple (if not easy) solution is to call our energy | | | | care service? Do I sustain my energy and well |
| home by returning to a work life balance that will | | | | being with exercise? Do I eat in a way that |
| support our values and intentions. | | | | supports a stable and high level of energy? Do I |
| Use this energy inventory to assess the quality of | | | | get enough sleep? |
| your work life balance. Call your energy home by | | | | Mental/Emotional/Spiritual Health |
| noticing where you are gaining or losing energy. | | | | Do I own an apology? Is there someone I need |
| Simply notice without judgment, holding yourself | | | | to forgive? Do I practice a form of prayer or |
| whole, competent, and resourceful to redirect | | | | meditation that centers and renews me? Am I |
| your energy when you choose to do so. | | | | learning something new? Am I interested and |
| Unfinished Business | | | | engaged in my work? |
| Are my bank accounts balanced and all | | | | Once you have identified your energy leaks, you |
| transactions current? Do I have unresolved | | | | will begin to recognize ways to close them and |
| conflicts with a friend or family member? Do I | | | | regain work life balance. Each time you close an |
| have unresolved conflicts with someone at work? | | | | energy leak you become more focused, clear, |
| Am I behind on my debts? Do I know exactly | | | | and balanced. Be patient, be honest, and you will |
| what I owe and to whom? Do I have an overdue | | | | soon develop the momentum to live your life in a |
| assignment? Do I have incomplete projects at | | | | more satisfying manner. |
| home? at work? in my community? Is there a | | | | Learn how to restore work life balance by |
| phone call or letter that I have delayed | | | | harnessing the power of positive thinking and |
| answering? | | | | setting boundaries that give you room to live. |
| Physical Environment | | | | |