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Erik: How have you improved your approach to finding balance in your personal and professional
pursuits?
Audrey: That's been a challenge up until about a year, year and half ago when I really just
made the commitment that I needed to do it. I have cared so much about the work that my
company does and wanting to make sure that it was growing and that it was thriving and
healthy and vibrant company that I was out of balance for a while where I was, all of
my focus and all of my energy was going toward the company. And actually what I found over
time was as I was working at too high a level pretty consistently, when I was just working
too much basically, my effectiveness started to go down and so what I've actually found
is by having that boundary and having a good healthy work life balance I'm actually able
to working harder and be more productive and more effective when I'm there because I'm
not burned out and slow and tired.
Erik: How have you dedicated time in your schedule to get that outside activity?
Audrey: A lot of times it started with just a commitment to do it, so signing up for something
or committing to something where I knew that I would have to not work certain times. I
remember there was one time where I was preparing for a big meeting and I decided to have a
friend come visit me from out of town at the exact same time because I knew that if I didn't
have that I would spend all my time preparing for the meeting, but I knew it was going to
go okay I just wouldn't spend as much time prepping and stressing about it and so I did
and I was much -- I just had a much better perspective going into it, I was fresh and
everything worked better because I had that work life balance. So committing to things
like, you know, choir rehearsal once a week or going out with friends once a week or doing
something out of town, committing to taking trips and things like that. You have to make
time for a trip if you've bought a plane ticket to go on a trip, you have to make time for
it.