June 29, 2025 • 16 mins
In this heartfelt and practical solo episode, Jess and Claude get real about what work-life balance actually looks like. Hint: it’s not about doing everything perfectly.
They break down:
- Their personal challenges and wins around time management
- How to spot where your wellness is falling through the cracks
- Tips to reclaim your energy and set better boundaries
- The small shifts that can lead to big transformation
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Jess (00:00):
Are you a working parent or busy professional who feels
like work-life balance is justanother thing on your to-do list
?
I mean, come on, you'resupposed to hydrate, meditate,
meal prep, all while crushingdeadlines and answering text
messages to this one.
Claude (00:18):
It's way too much, especially my text.
So today we are breaking itdown.
How do you actually make spacefor wellness without making your
life even more stressful andmore complicated?
I don't know.
I'll try.
Jess (00:32):
Yeah.
Well, today we're going to diveinto how to manage your time in
a way that supports your mentalhealth, your goals and,
hopefully, your energy levels.
And, if you're new here, fulltransparency.
Claude and I are not perfecteither, especially me, I think,
both of us.
Claude even said in a recentepisode that she's a work in
(00:53):
progress, and honestly, so am I.
Yeah.
Claude (00:56):
I'm still trying to figure out, because I don't find
a time to be able to do allthat, to work out.
I know I need it and then Ifeel guilty.
Jess, on the contrary, she'salways recalibrating, checking
in on her balance, and you knowwhat's working at home, at work,
I'm still a work in progress.
Jess (01:16):
I mean I have to recalibrate, so I am too, but
that's the point we share.
We share back and forth and wetry and figure out ways to
better balance and help what wecan do to keep moving that
target forward.
So we already chatted about howtoday is going to be about
work-life balance and we justwant to be fully transparent and
admit balance doesn't meanequal time, right?
(01:42):
I mean, from my perspective,there's absolutely no way we can
do it all equally, and someweeks are going to have one
balance a little bit more, say,towards work, some with your
home life, maybe some with yourpodcasting, some with a
combination.
Claude (01:51):
This one is always there .
So think rhythms right, notrigid routines.
You need to be really open.
So what do you need more rightnow or at that moment?
Is it rest?
Is it movement?
Is it connection?
Is it movement?
Is it connection?
Is it?
You have a deadline, you stillhave to do it.
So that is the first thing youhave to understand.
What do you need at this moment?
Jess (02:12):
Totally so.
In essence, what you're sayingis start by tracking things
right.
What is it that you're tryingto get done in a week and really
kind of label out thosecategories.
I think what we've justdescribed is we're kind of
labeling ours around work,family or podcasting,
friendships.
For you it could just bepersonal and total.
Some of it's admin related,right Like you just have to get
(02:35):
your finances order, pay yourbills.
Some of it's health related,because we can't forget to go to
the doctor and then how do youthen take all of that and really
understand where is the righttime and how do you efficiently
get things done?
Claude (02:48):
So first, what we should be doing is really identify the
wellness gap.
So where are you skipping meals, pushing through or losing
sleep?
You know that's your body wayof waving a red flag.
Sure, right, I feel like youand all the and all above you
called me out on that justearlier today.
Jess (03:08):
When I just doesn't sleep, recognize that I was sending
emails too late at night or tooearly in the morning, depending
on how you look at it.
So ask what part of yourwellness is non-negotiable sleep
?
I know it is, but for me it hasfor you, for your sleep, for me
movement okay, all right, youknow me, I tend to prioritize
(03:31):
movement, movement over sleep.
But for some people it may bealone time.
Yeah, some people may beconnecting with a long time too.
Sometimes it's connections.
So while we call it podcastingtechnically to your point, it's
connections.
So while we call it podcastingtechnically, to your point, it's
friendship time.
Yeah, but the ultimate goalwould be at least pick one that
(03:52):
you want to start At least, Atleast right.
That was the key critical wordin that conversation At least
yeah, pick one to protect, butthere could be multiple that you
want to protect and keep thoseas the things that you really
want to aspire to work on, yeah,so how are we going to do that,
claude?
Let's talk about somestrategies that we've thought
about again.
(04:12):
These are just some ideas, somethought starters that we were
thinking might help with it.
Some of them are things that wedo personally, and some of that
are things that we'veresearched to figure out and
we're going to try to do.
And we're going to try to doBecause, as we mentioned in the
beginning, we're working inprogress.
Claude (04:30):
We keep it real, people Keep it real.
Jess (04:34):
We're not going to lie to you.
We still have to work on this alot.
Claude (04:37):
I still prefer to sleep and wake up at 7 am, working out
at 5 am and work out.
I prefer to get stuff done.
All is what is the thing sayingto each?
Jess (04:52):
their own to each their own.
Claude (04:53):
To each their own all right.
Jess (04:54):
so back to the strategies.
We're just going to give you acouple of them.
The first one that I do a lotis time blocking and, as I
mentioned, for me especiallymovement has been a been a bit
of a gap in my calendar and soI've brought it back again, and
I tend to create a forcedapproach to get that done.
(05:15):
So I usually sign up for halfmarathons, and that's my way of
doing it, so that I have to prepfor it.
Claude (05:19):
It's not going from zero to 100.
Jess (05:22):
It wasn't a full marathon, it's a's a half marathon.
Yeah, you do nothing, or you doa half marathon?
Well, no, I was I just stoppedrunning routinely, so I would
get myself back into that.
Um, and for those that do runhalf marathons or train for any
type of event, you do know thatusually there's like a ramp up
schedule and that's whatcreating you're going, you, you
(05:43):
record, you put yourself againon the yeah.
Claude (05:46):
For what?
On the Brooklyn?
Jess (05:47):
no, staten Island, it's in October, that's why.
Claude (05:50):
So now I have, you're not going to because you're
supposed to go to Staten Island.
Nothing to do against StatenIsland, it's far it's not that
far.
Jess (05:58):
There's a ferry for free.
They'll take you there, alright.
Well, guys, let's vote and telleverybody if you think Claude
should go and cheer me on.
Who wants to see anotherpicture of me sweating?
Claude (06:11):
and horrible.
Jess (06:13):
Anyway, going back to another strategy is putting time
blocks right.
So for me, as I mentioned, thisis a ramp up.
So I started this week with two, three, five miles, and so I
block those out.
Some people can do that from amore simplistic, shorter time
period.
Say, you're somebody who likesto walk or forgets to take their
(06:34):
lunches, so block 15 minutesout for those things at least.
Again, we're giving you bareminimum, but it's always good to
aspire for more, so you couldblock 30 minutes out in your day
.
Another one that we had talkedabout, too, is if you feel
really, really stressedthroughout the day, block out
(06:54):
that 15 minutes just for deepbreathing or to go step outside.
Claude (06:59):
Or to just go and scream in a room that would work.
Jess (07:01):
Well, hopefully you've got a pillow handy.
So ways to make sure you dothat, in addition to setting
those time blocks on yourcalendar, set alerts, yeah, and
if anyone has been around myphone after my daughter has
played around with it, I havethe most obnoxious alert noise.
So it definitely gets me up inthe morning to do those runs or
(07:25):
to do whatever I need to do, andthen I do.
I treat it like it's a meeting,like as if I'm going to a work
meeting and I have to do it.
Claude (07:33):
Okay.
Well then there's the three S'sShort, simple and scheduled.
Again, go back to what Jess wassaying.
Schedule is important.
Think five minutes ofstretching, right, five minutes
of something it can bestretching.
It can be drinking water beforecoffee.
We learned from Kate in aprevious episode even having a
(07:57):
little routine for the bedtime.
So this is something that isgood and it's going to trigger a
habit.
Again, work in progress.
I'm trying to do it every week.
It happens that usually it's onthe weekend, but at least it's
in my mind and hopefully byscheduling I'm going to do it
(08:19):
sure simple schedule.
Jess (08:20):
I love it yeah 3s rule sweaty, that's only five minutes
, you can handle it all right.
So the third one that we wantedto share with you is the
boundaryoundary Buddies.
We have had a lot of episodesaround boundaries, setting them
the importance.
We most certainly will haveeven more episodes just focused
on boundaries, because it issomething that to me is mission
(08:41):
critical that everybody figuresout the best approach to really
set them for yourself.
So there's ways you canleverage your work bestie, or
even your partner or anotherbest friend or any other friend
I mean, some people do this withgym friends as well Right, so
you want to have that one personthat you can check in with,
that they're there to help youremember to do the activity that
(09:04):
you're trying to do or toremind you to block the time.
Have that person be kind ofyour accountability have that
person be kind of youraccountability.
Claude (09:14):
Remember at one point when I had started again.
The peloton which face it rightnow is a hang clothes on I was
sending you pictures when I wasdone, so it was.
Jess (09:20):
You were sending them while you were actually walking
on the treadmill.
You were doing amazing.
Let's go back people.
All right, we'll go back tothat.
So, speaking of remember when Idid this, but now I don't,
let's talk about what can get inthe way.
Claude (09:33):
I can give you a whole list of that one.
The first one guilt.
You know you're, I don't know.
You have a deadline, you haveto do something.
You're feeling guilty thatyou're taking care of yourself
or you have your kids right,that they want to play, they
want to go and see so and so orwhatever, and you want to be
(09:55):
there.
So you feel guilty for takingsome time alone which is not
good.
Another one also that is a bigtrigger of me people pleasing,
which goes back again, takingcare of the kids, blah, blah,
blah, and then being perfect.
Jess (10:10):
So that are balance killers, for sure, but keep in
mind and we've had otherindividuals say this you're
allowed to put on your oxygenmask first.
So protect your peace and don'tfeel like you have to sit there
and explain.
Don't feel like you have toovercompensate for why you're
the one that's trying to chooseto better yourself, because, at
(10:31):
the end of the day, when youbetter yourself, you get better
representation for everybodyelse too right.
You come in more prepared.
You come in.
I even notice it too with me.
And again, it's only been aweek.
I'm back to my routine ofrunning.
I have a little more patiencewith my own daughter when I'm
back to the consistency ofrunning.
So, real life hacks, what aresome things or could recommend?
Claude (10:58):
so for me is should, because I'm not there.
So, but I'm going to start thisweek maybe doing a recurring
clued hour on my calendar, eventhough the only calendar I have
is work calendar.
So I'll have to figure outsomewhere which calendar to use.
No clothes, still use your work, yeah yeah, but not taking any
calls, not not staying lazingout on the couch just doing like
(11:22):
.
For me would be to be wellness,would be doing a bit more sport
, because I'm already on monthsix, almost seven, of cigarette
free, nicotine free, so I stillhave that, but with that I need
to exercise.
So it's really, just thinkabout putting some personal time
on your calendar.
Jess (11:43):
Right.
And for you it doesn'tnecessarily have to be like high
intensity exercise.
You could just go for a walk.
Claude (11:49):
I've been doing walk on the treadmill.
Jess (11:51):
Or go during lunch, or whatever you could.
Okay boundary, All right,boundary.
She refuses guys Look at that.
She said no.
Claude (12:01):
Yes, no, my boundary is keep working during lunchtime.
I don't work, I will not walkduring lunch.
Jess (12:10):
We know where the boundaries are, Okay, so my hack
that I came up with is I dothings a little backwards.
I know most people set theirplan for the week and it's
around what they have from awork schedule.
Claude (12:22):
Yeah.
Jess (12:22):
Maybe even what they have for their kids schedule.
I didn't do mine a littlebackwards, I do when can, where
am I planning to do my self-careblocks, which for me right now
is the running?
So I block those first and thenI work around.
Usually child care, oh, whatyou have to do.
Yeah, child care.
Usually child care, oh, whatyou have to do?
Claude (12:42):
Yeah, child care and then the rest of my work
activities.
That's not bad.
So you put your oxygen maskfirst.
Jess (12:47):
I do put my oxygen mask first.
Thank you, heather.
Call back to another episode.
So, yes, not really anythingradical, nothing like
groundbreaking, but I will sayit is effective and it's helped
me.
And you probably see, from timeto time I move work meetings
around too, because I do feellike my self-care to me is
mission critical.
(13:07):
So, guys, this was a nice,short, sweet episode, just like
work-life balance, yeah.
So I think what we would loveto say to all of you is share
with us what you guys are doing.
We love hearing from you all.
Inspire us.
We can share with theWorkBestie community and for
those that are in need of tryingto figure out a better
(13:29):
work-life balance, there is noperfect time, so do it now.
The whole point of our seasontwo is around wellness and,
honestly, there is nothing moreimportant than to prioritize
your well-being and, honestly,there is nothing more important
than to prioritize yourwell-being.
It is something that you needto do to maintain yourself and
have a happier, healthier life.
Claude (13:46):
And come on the journey with us.
Right, yeah, but again, smallmoments add up.
You know, it doesn't have to bea half marathon.
It can be 20 minutes on thetreadmill, whatever, to each
their own Right.
So one walk, one pause.
Some boundary time Can be 20minutes on the treadmill,
whatever, to each their ownright.
So one walk, one pause, someboundary time.
(14:06):
Again, it's not all aboutexercise, it's also making sure
that I have my eight hours ofsleep.
Everybody has their own limitand what they need, and the
first thing is reallyidentifying that first For sure.
Jess (14:19):
So we believe in a version of work-life balance that
actually includes you, you arethe important one and nothing
can celebrate the birthday ofthe United States in our 4th of
July year more so thancelebrating you.
Claude (14:34):
So tag your work, bestie , and tell us you know what's
one small change you're makingthis week to put wellness on the
schedule we did it.
Jess (14:45):
Remember we used to try and say our clip at the end All
right, everyone.
And if this has helped you,please, please, share it with
your friends.
It really means the world to uswhen you do that and leave us a
review.
We love hearing from you all.
That isn't a joke.
The more we learn from you allthat isn't a joke We've really
like the more we learn from you,the better we are and the more
we help you as well, so don'tforget to like and subscribe,
(15:07):
and especially over in ourYouTube channel.
We've been doing some kind ofunique things over there and
we'd love for you guys to seeand share, and see even more
behind the scenes and moreindividual clips that we don't
always include in the master andit's also on TikTok, right?
We have some unique things onTikTok and some on YouTube.
There's a little bit differenton each, but both have things
(15:28):
that you will not see on ourmain channel and or on Instagram
.
Claude (15:33):
So definitely go there.
Instagram is still good, so gonow and subscribe your future
balance F will thank you.
Jess (15:41):
Remember whether you're swapping snacks in the break
room, rescuing each other fromendless meetings or just sending
that perfectly timed meme.
Having a work bestie is likehaving your own personal hype
squad.
Claude (15:54):
So keep lifting each other, laughing through the
chaos and, of course, thriving.
Until next time time, staypositive, stay productive and
don't forget to keep supportingeach other.
Work besties.
Are you a working parent or busy professional who feels
like work-life balance is justanother thing on your to-do list
?
I mean, come on, you'resupposed to hydrate, meditate,
meal prep, all while crushingdeadlines and answering text
messages to this one.
Claude (00:18):
It's way too much, especially my text.
So today we are breaking itdown.
How do you actually make spacefor wellness without making your
life even more stressful andmore complicated?
I don't know.
I'll try.
Jess (00:32):
Yeah.
Well, today we're going to diveinto how to manage your time in
a way that supports your mentalhealth, your goals and,
hopefully, your energy levels.
And, if you're new here, fulltransparency.
Claude and I are not perfecteither, especially me, I think,
both of us.
Claude even said in a recentepisode that she's a work in
(00:53):
progress, and honestly, so am I.
Yeah.
Claude (00:56):
I'm still trying to figure out, because I don't find
a time to be able to do allthat, to work out.
I know I need it and then Ifeel guilty.
Jess, on the contrary, she'salways recalibrating, checking
in on her balance, and you knowwhat's working at home, at work,
I'm still a work in progress.
Jess (01:16):
I mean I have to recalibrate, so I am too, but
that's the point we share.
We share back and forth and wetry and figure out ways to
better balance and help what wecan do to keep moving that
target forward.
So we already chatted about howtoday is going to be about
work-life balance and we justwant to be fully transparent and
admit balance doesn't meanequal time, right?
(01:42):
I mean, from my perspective,there's absolutely no way we can
do it all equally, and someweeks are going to have one
balance a little bit more, say,towards work, some with your
home life, maybe some with yourpodcasting, some with a
combination.
Claude (01:51):
This one is always there .
So think rhythms right, notrigid routines.
You need to be really open.
So what do you need more rightnow or at that moment?
Is it rest?
Is it movement?
Is it connection?
Is it movement?
Is it connection?
Is it?
You have a deadline, you stillhave to do it.
So that is the first thing youhave to understand.
What do you need at this moment?
Jess (02:12):
Totally so.
In essence, what you're sayingis start by tracking things
right.
What is it that you're tryingto get done in a week and really
kind of label out thosecategories.
I think what we've justdescribed is we're kind of
labeling ours around work,family or podcasting,
friendships.
For you it could just bepersonal and total.
Some of it's admin related,right Like you just have to get
(02:35):
your finances order, pay yourbills.
Some of it's health related,because we can't forget to go to
the doctor and then how do youthen take all of that and really
understand where is the righttime and how do you efficiently
get things done?
Claude (02:48):
So first, what we should be doing is really identify the
wellness gap.
So where are you skipping meals, pushing through or losing
sleep?
You know that's your body wayof waving a red flag.
Sure, right, I feel like youand all the and all above you
called me out on that justearlier today.
Jess (03:08):
When I just doesn't sleep, recognize that I was sending
emails too late at night or tooearly in the morning, depending
on how you look at it.
So ask what part of yourwellness is non-negotiable sleep
?
I know it is, but for me it hasfor you, for your sleep, for me
movement okay, all right, youknow me, I tend to prioritize
(03:31):
movement, movement over sleep.
But for some people it may bealone time.
Yeah, some people may beconnecting with a long time too.
Sometimes it's connections.
So while we call it podcastingtechnically to your point, it's
connections.
So while we call it podcastingtechnically, to your point, it's
friendship time.
Yeah, but the ultimate goalwould be at least pick one that
(03:52):
you want to start At least, Atleast right.
That was the key critical wordin that conversation At least
yeah, pick one to protect, butthere could be multiple that you
want to protect and keep thoseas the things that you really
want to aspire to work on, yeah,so how are we going to do that,
claude?
Let's talk about somestrategies that we've thought
about again.
(04:12):
These are just some ideas, somethought starters that we were
thinking might help with it.
Some of them are things that wedo personally, and some of that
are things that we'veresearched to figure out and
we're going to try to do.
And we're going to try to doBecause, as we mentioned in the
beginning, we're working inprogress.
Claude (04:30):
We keep it real, people Keep it real.
Jess (04:34):
We're not going to lie to you.
We still have to work on this alot.
Claude (04:37):
I still prefer to sleep and wake up at 7 am, working out
at 5 am and work out.
I prefer to get stuff done.
All is what is the thing sayingto each?
Jess (04:52):
their own to each their own.
Claude (04:53):
To each their own all right.
Jess (04:54):
so back to the strategies.
We're just going to give you acouple of them.
The first one that I do a lotis time blocking and, as I
mentioned, for me especiallymovement has been a been a bit
of a gap in my calendar and soI've brought it back again, and
I tend to create a forcedapproach to get that done.
(05:15):
So I usually sign up for halfmarathons, and that's my way of
doing it, so that I have to prepfor it.
Claude (05:19):
It's not going from zero to 100.
Jess (05:22):
It wasn't a full marathon, it's a's a half marathon.
Yeah, you do nothing, or you doa half marathon?
Well, no, I was I just stoppedrunning routinely, so I would
get myself back into that.
Um, and for those that do runhalf marathons or train for any
type of event, you do know thatusually there's like a ramp up
schedule and that's whatcreating you're going, you, you
(05:43):
record, you put yourself againon the yeah.
Claude (05:46):
For what?
On the Brooklyn?
Jess (05:47):
no, staten Island, it's in October, that's why.
Claude (05:50):
So now I have, you're not going to because you're
supposed to go to Staten Island.
Nothing to do against StatenIsland, it's far it's not that
far.
Jess (05:58):
There's a ferry for free.
They'll take you there, alright.
Well, guys, let's vote and telleverybody if you think Claude
should go and cheer me on.
Who wants to see anotherpicture of me sweating?
Claude (06:11):
and horrible.
Jess (06:13):
Anyway, going back to another strategy is putting time
blocks right.
So for me, as I mentioned, thisis a ramp up.
So I started this week with two, three, five miles, and so I
block those out.
Some people can do that from amore simplistic, shorter time
period.
Say, you're somebody who likesto walk or forgets to take their
(06:34):
lunches, so block 15 minutesout for those things at least.
Again, we're giving you bareminimum, but it's always good to
aspire for more, so you couldblock 30 minutes out in your day
.
Another one that we had talkedabout, too, is if you feel
really, really stressedthroughout the day, block out
(06:54):
that 15 minutes just for deepbreathing or to go step outside.
Claude (06:59):
Or to just go and scream in a room that would work.
Jess (07:01):
Well, hopefully you've got a pillow handy.
So ways to make sure you dothat, in addition to setting
those time blocks on yourcalendar, set alerts, yeah, and
if anyone has been around myphone after my daughter has
played around with it, I havethe most obnoxious alert noise.
So it definitely gets me up inthe morning to do those runs or
(07:25):
to do whatever I need to do, andthen I do.
I treat it like it's a meeting,like as if I'm going to a work
meeting and I have to do it.
Claude (07:33):
Okay.
Well then there's the three S'sShort, simple and scheduled.
Again, go back to what Jess wassaying.
Schedule is important.
Think five minutes ofstretching, right, five minutes
of something it can bestretching.
It can be drinking water beforecoffee.
We learned from Kate in aprevious episode even having a
(07:57):
little routine for the bedtime.
So this is something that isgood and it's going to trigger a
habit.
Again, work in progress.
I'm trying to do it every week.
It happens that usually it's onthe weekend, but at least it's
in my mind and hopefully byscheduling I'm going to do it
(08:19):
sure simple schedule.
Jess (08:20):
I love it yeah 3s rule sweaty, that's only five minutes
, you can handle it all right.
So the third one that we wantedto share with you is the
boundaryoundary Buddies.
We have had a lot of episodesaround boundaries, setting them
the importance.
We most certainly will haveeven more episodes just focused
on boundaries, because it issomething that to me is mission
(08:41):
critical that everybody figuresout the best approach to really
set them for yourself.
So there's ways you canleverage your work bestie, or
even your partner or anotherbest friend or any other friend
I mean, some people do this withgym friends as well Right, so
you want to have that one personthat you can check in with,
that they're there to help youremember to do the activity that
(09:04):
you're trying to do or toremind you to block the time.
Have that person be kind ofyour accountability have that
person be kind of youraccountability.
Claude (09:14):
Remember at one point when I had started again.
The peloton which face it rightnow is a hang clothes on I was
sending you pictures when I wasdone, so it was.
Jess (09:20):
You were sending them while you were actually walking
on the treadmill.
You were doing amazing.
Let's go back people.
All right, we'll go back tothat.
So, speaking of remember when Idid this, but now I don't,
let's talk about what can get inthe way.
Claude (09:33):
I can give you a whole list of that one.
The first one guilt.
You know you're, I don't know.
You have a deadline, you haveto do something.
You're feeling guilty thatyou're taking care of yourself
or you have your kids right,that they want to play, they
want to go and see so and so orwhatever, and you want to be
(09:55):
there.
So you feel guilty for takingsome time alone which is not
good.
Another one also that is a bigtrigger of me people pleasing,
which goes back again, takingcare of the kids, blah, blah,
blah, and then being perfect.
Jess (10:10):
So that are balance killers, for sure, but keep in
mind and we've had otherindividuals say this you're
allowed to put on your oxygenmask first.
So protect your peace and don'tfeel like you have to sit there
and explain.
Don't feel like you have toovercompensate for why you're
the one that's trying to chooseto better yourself, because, at
(10:31):
the end of the day, when youbetter yourself, you get better
representation for everybodyelse too right.
You come in more prepared.
You come in.
I even notice it too with me.
And again, it's only been aweek.
I'm back to my routine ofrunning.
I have a little more patiencewith my own daughter when I'm
back to the consistency ofrunning.
So, real life hacks, what aresome things or could recommend?
Claude (10:58):
so for me is should, because I'm not there.
So, but I'm going to start thisweek maybe doing a recurring
clued hour on my calendar, eventhough the only calendar I have
is work calendar.
So I'll have to figure outsomewhere which calendar to use.
No clothes, still use your work, yeah yeah, but not taking any
calls, not not staying lazingout on the couch just doing like
(11:22):
.
For me would be to be wellness,would be doing a bit more sport
, because I'm already on monthsix, almost seven, of cigarette
free, nicotine free, so I stillhave that, but with that I need
to exercise.
So it's really, just thinkabout putting some personal time
on your calendar.
Jess (11:43):
Right.
And for you it doesn'tnecessarily have to be like high
intensity exercise.
You could just go for a walk.
Claude (11:49):
I've been doing walk on the treadmill.
Jess (11:51):
Or go during lunch, or whatever you could.
Okay boundary, All right,boundary.
She refuses guys Look at that.
She said no.
Claude (12:01):
Yes, no, my boundary is keep working during lunchtime.
I don't work, I will not walkduring lunch.
Jess (12:10):
We know where the boundaries are, Okay, so my hack
that I came up with is I dothings a little backwards.
I know most people set theirplan for the week and it's
around what they have from awork schedule.
Claude (12:22):
Yeah.
Jess (12:22):
Maybe even what they have for their kids schedule.
I didn't do mine a littlebackwards, I do when can, where
am I planning to do my self-careblocks, which for me right now
is the running?
So I block those first and thenI work around.
Usually child care, oh, whatyou have to do.
Yeah, child care.
Usually child care, oh, whatyou have to do?
Claude (12:42):
Yeah, child care and then the rest of my work
activities.
That's not bad.
So you put your oxygen maskfirst.
Jess (12:47):
I do put my oxygen mask first.
Thank you, heather.
Call back to another episode.
So, yes, not really anythingradical, nothing like
groundbreaking, but I will sayit is effective and it's helped
me.
And you probably see, from timeto time I move work meetings
around too, because I do feellike my self-care to me is
mission critical.
(13:07):
So, guys, this was a nice,short, sweet episode, just like
work-life balance, yeah.
So I think what we would loveto say to all of you is share
with us what you guys are doing.
We love hearing from you all.
Inspire us.
We can share with theWorkBestie community and for
those that are in need of tryingto figure out a better
(13:29):
work-life balance, there is noperfect time, so do it now.
The whole point of our seasontwo is around wellness and,
honestly, there is nothing moreimportant than to prioritize
your well-being and, honestly,there is nothing more important
than to prioritize yourwell-being.
It is something that you needto do to maintain yourself and
have a happier, healthier life.
Claude (13:46):
And come on the journey with us.
Right, yeah, but again, smallmoments add up.
You know, it doesn't have to bea half marathon.
It can be 20 minutes on thetreadmill, whatever, to each
their own Right.
So one walk, one pause.
Some boundary time Can be 20minutes on the treadmill,
whatever, to each their ownright.
So one walk, one pause, someboundary time.
(14:06):
Again, it's not all aboutexercise, it's also making sure
that I have my eight hours ofsleep.
Everybody has their own limitand what they need, and the
first thing is reallyidentifying that first For sure.
Jess (14:19):
So we believe in a version of work-life balance that
actually includes you, you arethe important one and nothing
can celebrate the birthday ofthe United States in our 4th of
July year more so thancelebrating you.
Claude (14:34):
So tag your work, bestie , and tell us you know what's
one small change you're makingthis week to put wellness on the
schedule we did it.
Jess (14:45):
Remember we used to try and say our clip at the end All
right, everyone.
And if this has helped you,please, please, share it with
your friends.
It really means the world to uswhen you do that and leave us a
review.
We love hearing from you all.
That isn't a joke.
The more we learn from you allthat isn't a joke We've really
like the more we learn from you,the better we are and the more
we help you as well, so don'tforget to like and subscribe,
(15:07):
and especially over in ourYouTube channel.
We've been doing some kind ofunique things over there and
we'd love for you guys to seeand share, and see even more
behind the scenes and moreindividual clips that we don't
always include in the master andit's also on TikTok, right?
We have some unique things onTikTok and some on YouTube.
There's a little bit differenton each, but both have things
(15:28):
that you will not see on ourmain channel and or on Instagram
.
Claude (15:33):
So definitely go there.
Instagram is still good, so gonow and subscribe your future
balance F will thank you.
Jess (15:41):
Remember whether you're swapping snacks in the break
room, rescuing each other fromendless meetings or just sending
that perfectly timed meme.
Having a work bestie is likehaving your own personal hype
squad.
Claude (15:54):
So keep lifting each other, laughing through the
chaos and, of course, thriving.
Until next time time, staypositive, stay productive and
don't forget to keep supportingeach other.
Work besties.
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