Research by Harvard Business Review (HBR, 2021) suggests regularly checking your work-life balance by following the following 5 steps:

1. Pause. Ask yourself, what’s causing stress or unhappiness for you and how is it affecting both your personal and work life.

2. Pay Attention to your feelings. Being more aware of how you feel and how the situation makes you feel.

3. Reprioritise. Think about what needs to change, it could be working earlier to have more time in the evenings for family or friends.

4. Consider alternatives. Is there anything you can change at work to meet these new priorities?

5. Make changes. Asking for more flexible hours, making sure you use all your annual leave or not checking your emails out of work hours.