Book contents
- The Balanced Life
- The Balanced Life
- Copyright page
- Dedication
- Contents
- Figures
- Tables
- Preface
- Acknowledgments
- About the Author
- Part I Introduction
- Part II Interdomain Strategies to Increase Overall Life Satisfaction and Achieve Balance
- 3 Engagement in Social Roles in Multiple Life Domains
- 4 Engagement in Roles in Health, Love, Family, Material, Social, Work, Leisure, and Culture Domains
- 5 Engagement in New Social Roles
- Part III Interdomain Strategies to Increase Domain Satisfaction and Achieve Balance
- Part IV Epilogue
- References
- Index
3 - Engagement in Social Roles in Multiple Life Domains
from Part II - Interdomain Strategies to Increase Overall Life Satisfaction and Achieve Balance
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 21 April 2022
- The Balanced Life
- The Balanced Life
- Copyright page
- Dedication
- Contents
- Figures
- Tables
- Preface
- Acknowledgments
- About the Author
- Part I Introduction
- Part II Interdomain Strategies to Increase Overall Life Satisfaction and Achieve Balance
- 3 Engagement in Social Roles in Multiple Life Domains
- 4 Engagement in Roles in Health, Love, Family, Material, Social, Work, Leisure, and Culture Domains
- 5 Engagement in New Social Roles
- Part III Interdomain Strategies to Increase Domain Satisfaction and Achieve Balance
- Part IV Epilogue
- References
- Index
Summary
This chapter focused on the notion that life balance can be achieved, at least partly, through engagement in social roles in work and nonwork domains. This is explained through the principle of satisfaction limits. Three strategies were described: (1) avoid putting all your egs in one basket, (2) contemplate the ideal life, and (3) assess how much time you spend in what role and reallocate time.
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- The Balanced LifeUsing Strategies from Behavioral Science to Enhance Wellbeing, pp. 31 - 42Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2022