Stewart Friedman says that the reason work-life balance is so hard to achieve is that “balance is bunk..."

"It’s a misguided metaphor because it assumes we must always make trade-offs among the four main aspects of our lives: work or school, home or family (however you define that), community (friends, neighbors, religious or social groups), and self (mind, body, spirit)."

"A more realistic and more gratifying goal than balance, he argues, is to better integrate work and the rest of life in ways that engender 'four-way wins' between work, home, community and self."

"We need to recognize that COVID-19 has dramatically changed personal and work dynamics, and we need to let go the mental model of thinking of work-time and home-time being distinct and separate blocks."

Article: Forget Work-Life Balance – It’s All About Integration in the Age of COVID-19