Experts in our field note that workaholism is harmful to individuals’ personal, familial, and work well-being. These detrimental effects have resulted in a scholarly emphasis on the importance of managing workaholism; yet many academics still struggle to find both meaning in work and a life outside of work. It is thus critical that we seek to mitigate our workaholic tendencies and rebalance the nine primary components of our lives, including self-care (i.e., sleep/recharge/alone time, exercise/yoga/mediation/religion, creativity/hobbies), work life (i.e., research, teaching, service), and home life (i.e., partner/romantic, family/kids/pets, social life/friends). This guided and interactive workshop provides attendees with personalized resources in an effort to inspire a more sustainable and healthy balance, transforming our perspective from “living for work” to “loving our work.” Specifically, this PDW aims to equip attendees with personalized knowledge regarding their workaholism and balance scores, along with customized and crowdsourced strategies for attaining their personal balance goals. Additionally, this workshop boasts a diverse panel from three renowned experts in our field and attendees will be provided a custom-tailored Self-Work-Home Balance Tool free of charge. Given the interactive nature of the workshop, there will be opportunities for individual reflection, group discussions and activities, and broader debriefs and presentations. We welcome all academics wary of falling victim to workaholic tendencies to join us in this attempt to rebalance our lives and shed this label and its associated pressures.
