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Harmonize Your Life

A 90-Day Roadmap for Sustainable Success and Well-Being

Shannon D. Smith
8 min readJan 27, 2024

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Boundaries between work and life are increasingly blurred nowadays.

Yet, the pursuit of ‘work-life balance’ still seems to be a goal for many.

My views on work-life balance changed when I became a mom.

Trying to juggle a full-time job, managing a household and raising children on my own helped me see that work-life balance boils down to unrealistic expectations.

Or as Seconde Nimenya says: the best lie ever been told.

The Limitations of Focusing On Balance

The traditional notion of work-life balance suggests we distribute our time and energy evenly between our work and personal life.

Striving for this type of balance sets us up for constant struggle.

The pursuit often leaves us feeling like we’re falling short in one area or another.

That’s why I stopped trying to balance it all and embraced integration instead.

A New Era: Work-Life Integration

Work-Life Integration is about blending the personal and professional into a unified whole.

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Shannon D. Smith
Shannon D. Smith

Written by Shannon D. Smith

The Alignment Architect | I help professionals and organizations cultivate alignment in their careers, teams, and workplaces for sustainable success.

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