I love to work.

This isn’t because I have the best job ever.

Nor do I have ridiculous benefits or work minimal hours (although my office does have on-tap kombucha and cold brew, which I consider a significant plus).

I love to work because I find my work to be meaningful.

I also consciously show up every day with a mindset that embraces challenges, which is essential because, trust me, plenty arise.

Regardless of whether you love your job or not, I’m sure you’ve pondered for yourself, “what is a good work-life balance?”

Because work and life aren’t two independent things functioning in isolation to each other to be evened out or leveled, this leads to the logical conclusion that we might be asking the wrong question.

Rather than asking what is a good work-life balance, a better question would be:

•  What changes could I make to life and work so that each supports me better in living to my fullest potential?
• What aspects of my work or life are having the most positive/negative effect on the other?
• How can you make your experience at work positive so you come home more energized?

The answer to the above questions comes through pursuing work-life harmony.*

The key differences between work-life balance vs work-life harmony is that balance implies a strict trade, give and take, a harmony empowers both pieces of the puzzle – a holistic relationship.

It’s not about finding the perfect balance between “work” and “life,” by measuring a cup of time at work and therefore a pinch of time at home to level the scale, but rather having the two serve you in harmony.

After all, you can be out of work, with all the time in the world and feel miserable, drained of energy and therefore having a terrible work-life balance.

So how do you create harmony?

Pondering the previously suggested questions is a good start. Additionally, many people start finding harmony when they find meaning in their work.

This makes providing an amazing customer experience or being a positive addition to your work environment easier.

Work-life harmony creates happy people, which translates to loving work.

*Inspiration credit to Jeff Bezos, one of my recent heroes, who drops this knowledge in a great interview starting at minute 30:34.