Arrh the illusive work-life balance – reasonable working hours, a comfortable salary, low stress, flexibility and a guiding sense of purpose.  You’re shiting me right? Work–life balance is a such precarious idea because it looks at your life in two opposing ratios that needs to be weighed up against each other. The very term implies that you have a work life and the rest of your life – that is arguably more important – and the two need to fight it out for equal proportions of time and energy in order for you to be happy.