I do this, and I’ve made it a basic tenant of my work life. I work during work time and I parent during parenting time and it’s worked for me, mainly because I’m not good at juggling and refuse to do it, as then someone is always getting the short end of the stick .

His blogs are so popular now. And although he does have guest posters on Problogger, I guess most people are expecting posts from Darren himself a lot of the time. It must put him under quite a bit of pressure, as his income depends upon keeping his readers happy.

Unplugging is sooo hard when you work at home. After working at home for 3 years I was somewhat relieved to be back in an office again.

thanks also to everyone’s encouragement and kind comments.

Darren

I also love the tip on using your home office door (LOL).

Like Darren, I work from home and it can be a challenge at times getting focus — I too have a door I use (and need to use more).

On the other end, I love that I have flexibility to adjust my schedule for family things and if needed take a few minutes in the evening to knock out an important email reply for instance.

As Darren says, getting disciplined about both your focus and personal time is really key to making the balance work.

Having a great wife and son who remind you you’re working too much is also very helpful.

FYI, Derek, don’t know if you realized, but the video ad in the top right of the page when I loaded it was for a “Watch it now” Playboy’s Girl Next Door video (I have a screenshot if you want to see it). It seemed at odds with your site’s topic and purpose in my view, but that’s my own opinion. I just wanted to at least alert you to the ad.

Great interview. Thanks for sharing.

Darren makes a very good point about work-life balance. I agree with him that work and life should not be segregated, if you don’t want them to be, and that the purest definition of balance is ‘being careful to avoid the extremes in one’s life’, whatever they may be.

David