For newlyweds: How to achieve work-life balance

Newlyweds face new responsibilities and challenges during the beginning of marriage; one of the most prominent is how to achieve work-life balance.That is why we have prepared this article to provide those about to get married with some work and life balance tips.

1. How to achieve work-life balance in  Islam?

As for women, Islam does not require them to work. However, there is no legal objection to their work as long as they are forced to do so for money, but on the condition that it does not affect their family and raising their children.

If work affects the wife’s family life, she can replace it with freelance work from home. As for men, they are commanded to work in Islam to provide for their families, and likewise, they must balance their work and family life with their wives and children.

Both husband and wife must not neglect spiritual obligations, such as prayer, reading the Qur’an, fasting and zakat, and they must also accustom their children to this from a young age.

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2. Set specific working hours and stick to them

To balance work and family life, you must set boundaries between your personal life and work to avoid fatigue and exhaustion. For example, when you leave work, do not think about work or upcoming tasks the next day.

Likewise, altogether avoid responding to emails from your colleagues at work or any other means of communication, or at least set a short and specific time to respond to necessary emails only.

3. Set priority goals in your life

All people have goals and dreams that they seek to achieve on the ground, but what distinguishes people who can manage their family and professional lives simultaneously is that they work on priority goals first, followed by the rest of the other goals.

For example, if you dream of buying a luxury car that requires working extra hours, which may affect your family life, which is a priority on your list of goals. 

In this case, you should review yourself and reconsider owning a regular or used car that you can use to go to work alone or go with your family to any place you want.

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4. Take a break to spend some time with your family

You should make the weekend a sacred day to spend with your family; for example, you can plan every week to meet somewhere with the rest of the family, spend a day at the beach, go camping, or have barbecue parties in public parks.

In addition, do not hesitate to apply for leave from work to travel with the family to a new city from time to time to spend time together.

5. Prepare a monthly financial budget

Sometimes, one has to work extra hours to cover family expenses, which leads to a lack of balance between work and family life. Therefore, you should prepare a financial budget that includes all family expenses such as rent, electricity, phone, internet, food and medical bills.

After that, compare these expenses with your current monthly income to ensure that your income covers your family’s monthly payments so that you are not surprised in the middle of the month and forced to work extra hours.

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6. Exercise to maintain health

To improve the balance between work and family life, you should never neglect to exercise to maintain your health and reduce stress resulting from work. To avoid feeling bored, consider practising your favourite sport, such as running, walking, gym, basketball, American football, or any activity you prefer.

7. Think about a new job to improve your work-life balance

Have you tried applying the previous tips and failed to achieve a balance between work and family life? This is not the end of the world; at this point, think carefully about moving to a healthy work environment elsewhere.

However, you should not leave your job until after signing the new job contract to ensure that you have been accepted into the latest company and receive the monthly salary you rely on to pay the bills and support your family.

Conclusion

Finally, striving to achieve a work-life balance gives you a happy family life, better performance at work, and greater control over raising children according to your principles and beliefs. Therefore, never overdo the work-life balance, and make it a priority goal.