NEW YORK (AP) — The moment I knew I had to get serious about work-life balance came without warning. I was writing a high-profile news story during the pandemic when my heart began pounding like a jackhammer. I took a quick, deep breath and held it, hoping to calm the arrhythmia.
It was a technique I’d learned to relieve occasional palpitations caused by my rare . But this time was different. The room went dark.
I couldn’t see. Then, just as quickly, my vision returned. In the days that followed, I learned I needed to have surgically implanted as soon as possible.
My cardiologist told me: it’s time to . That was a prescription I, like many Americans, didn’t know how to fill, especially as the parent of a young child. But the health scare and a cancer diagnosis that followed meant I had to try.
Now, as I continue this journey, I’m launching called “Working Well.” While exploring ways to improve my own well-being at work, I’ll share experts’ insights and tips with readers who hope to do the same. We’ve been through a lot the past few years: A global pandemic and left parents .
College graduates navigated their first professional jobs without lunch buddies or in-person mentors. and divided families and places of work. It’s no surprise workers feel burned-out.
But along with these challenges came a growing sense that we to build our professional lives in a different, healthier way. Companies experimented with . Younger generations talked more proactively a.