{"id":1637,"date":"2017-07-17T11:34:00","date_gmt":"2017-07-17T10:34:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.sage.com\/en-gb\/blog\/a-guide-to-work-life-balance-for-business-owners\/"},"modified":"2026-01-29T10:51:37","modified_gmt":"2026-01-29T10:51:37","slug":"a-guide-to-work-life-balance-for-business-owners","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.sage.com\/en-gb\/blog\/a-guide-to-work-life-balance-for-business-owners\/","title":{"rendered":"A guide to work-life balance for business owners"},"content":{"rendered":"<header class=\"entry-header has-dark-background-color entry-header--has-illustration entry-header--has-illustration--generic\">\n\t<div class=\"container\">\n\t\t<div class=\"entry-header__row row align-center\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"col col-lg-7 col-xlg-6 entry-header__content\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"component component-single-header\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"entry-header__misc text--subtitle text--uppercase text--small\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.sage.com\/en-gb\/blog\/category\/people-leadership\/\" class=\"entry-header__link\">People &amp; Leadership<\/a>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"entry-title-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h1 class=\"entry-title\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\tA guide to work-life balance for business owners\t\t\t\t\t<\/h1>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"entry-header__description\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n\t<div class=\"single-post-details container\">\n\t\t<div class=\"col\">\n\t\t\t<span class=\"posted-on \"><time class=\"entry-date published\" datetime=\"2017-07-17T11:34:00+01:00\">17 July, 2017<\/time><\/span><span class=\"reading-time\"> min read<\/span>\n\t\t<button\n\t\t\ttype=\"button\"\n\t\t\tclass=\"social-share-button button button--icon button--secondary js-social-share-button\"\n\t\t\tdata-share-title=\"A guide to work-life balance for business owners\"\n\t\t\tdata-share-url=\"https:\/\/www.sage.com\/en-gb\/blog\/a-guide-to-work-life-balance-for-business-owners\/\"\n\t\t\tdata-share-text=\"Please read this interesting article\"\n\t\t>\n\t\t\t<span class=\"social-share-button__share-label\">Share<\/span>\n\t\t\t<span class=\"social-share-button__copy-label\" hidden>Copy Link<\/span>\n\t\t\t<span class=\"social-share-button__copy-tooltip\" aria-hidden=\"true\" hidden>Copied<\/span>\n\t\t<\/button>\n\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n<\/header>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-post-author\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"co-authors\">\n\t\t\t\n\t\t<div class=\"entry-author-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t<a class=\"entry-author\" href=\"https:\/\/www.sage.com\/en-gb\/blog\/author\/keirthomasbryant\/\">\n\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"40\" height=\"40\" src=\"https:\/\/www.sage.com\/en-gb\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2025\/06\/keir-short-hair-350x350.jpg\" class=\"entry-author__image\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.sage.com\/en-gb\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2025\/06\/keir-short-hair-350x350.jpg 350w, https:\/\/www.sage.com\/en-gb\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2025\/06\/keir-short-hair.jpg 760w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 40px) 100vw, 40px\" \/>\t\t\t\t<span class=\"entry-author__name\">Keir Thomas-Bryant<\/span>\n\t\t\t<\/a>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>When you run your own business, it can be difficult to keep your life and business on track. Our free guide offers practical work life balance tips and advice to help you find the right balance between your home life, personal commitments and your career.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Achieving a work life balance can be difficult when you run your own business. The buck stops with you and it can be hard to switch off.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Many people go into business to improve their work life balance and to have more control, seeking a greater independence and freedom in their working life.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>But it&#8217;s not easy. Our research shows that many small business owners work very long hours &#8211; 16% of respondents said they worked more than 60 hours a week.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>And thanks to technology, it&#8217;s easier than ever to stay connected to your business &#8211; making it harder to switch off in the evening and at weekends.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-our-guide-offers-advice-and-tips-to-help-you-balance-your-work-life-and-home-life\">Our guide offers advice and tips to help you balance your work life and home life:<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Is your life off-balance?<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>What&#8217;s your ideal type of balance?<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>What to do when you&#8217;re too busy or too quiet<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>How technology can hinder&#8230; and help<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>10 ways you can improve your work life balance<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Practical advice from business owners and our experts<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><a class=\"btn cta-btn reverse\" style=\"margin-top: 20px\" href=\"\/~\/media\/markets\/uk\/downloads\/guides\/work-life-balance-business-owners.pdf?la=en-gb\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Download your free guide<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"single-cta\">\n\t<div class=\"single-cta__positioner\">\n\t\t<div class=\"single-cta__wrapper has-dark-background-color\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"single-cta__content\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"single-cta__title h3\">Subscribe to the Sage Advice newsletter<\/h2>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"single-cta__description\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Join more than 500,000 UK readers and get the best business admin strategies and tactics, as well as actionable advice to help your company thrive, in your inbox every month.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a\n\t\t\t\t\t\thref=\"#gate-b1a63862-3fa0-4a5e-bb67-c76b88bbc6b8\"\n\t\t\t\t\t\tclass=\"single-cta__button button button--primary\"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t>Subscribe now<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1440\" height=\"810\" src=\"https:\/\/www.sage.com\/en-gb\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2022\/04\/GettyImages-1073797282-1-1440x810.jpg\" class=\"single-cta__image\" alt=\"\" loading=\"lazy\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.sage.com\/en-gb\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2022\/04\/GettyImages-1073797282-1-1440x810.jpg 1440w\" sizes=\"auto, (min-width: 48em) 33vw, 100vw\" \/>\t\t\t<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>When you run your own business, it can be difficult to keep your life and business on track. 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