Quotes About Work-life

Because of the experience of a long-running series like 'Offspring,' the beauty of that was that I was working on that so rigorously for seven to eight years that I got to a point where I literally had to clock off at the end of the day and go and invest in my family and my own life.

The family's first, and the career is second. I could get fired from a show. As long as everything's okay with my family, it really would not bother me.

One of the things that I used to make sure I'd do was to always make sure I'd have dinner at home because I needed that disconnect from work. Even when it was crazy, I'd go home at, like, 10 o'clock and have dinner. That way, I had time where I could decompress a little bit and then go back in.

I go home, I have dinner with my wife and kids, and after my kids go to bed, I'm back online doing stuff.

using a home computer, or commuting. On average

If you had told me at 45 years old that I would have to go on tour to get rest, I would've said, 'That's not how it works.' But nothing can be more gratifying. I'm a very hands-on dad.

simple life maths: Fewer new shiny things = fewer hours overtime = happier life. So

Fewer new shiny things = fewer hours overtime = happier life.

One of the great challenges of our age, in which the tools of our productivity are also the tools of our leisure, is to figure out how to make more useful those moments of procrastination when we're idling in front of our computer screens.

Even when you work from home, getting yourself dressed is the first step. I often find there are days where I'll be in my pajamas all day. I feel like a useless human being.

I pace myself by taking a week-long vacation every four months.

I'm a huge believer in the importance of vacations for leaders, entrepreneurs, and everyone else. I work extremely hard - usually 70+ hours a week.

I love the company of actors, but the crazier it gets, the more I've come to realise how valuable my time is with my friends who work on the land or are builders or, you know, make music. Work in offices. Run shops.

Sustained exhaustion is not a badge of honor, it's a mark of stupidity.

I'm able to leave Don Draper at work. I'm quite dissimilar from him in real life

Before Huey was 5, I could take him to work with me. Now, though, he has sports and lessons and friends, and it's not fair to remove him from his whole life.

Allowing my people to have a good work-life balance by working flexibly is very important to me.

I don't have a nanny or a housekeeper, and I only have a cleaner for one hour each week. I finish work and go home. I cook the dinner. I run into Tesco and do the housework in the evening.

A 'good job' can be both practically attractive while still not good enough to devote your entire life to.

Choose the kids. There will be plenty of time later to choose work.

If our bodies aren't being taken care of then our work starts to suffer and we're not getting the most from our daily lives.

I'm not scheduling my entire life to death in order to be able do the work I've got to do. So at the moment I'm quite happy.

I'm married, and my wife has set out very limited Xbox limits. But if I had my druthers, I'd be playing all the time and never see any of my friends or do any work.

I don't want to work all of the time.