Achieving a Work Life Balance

CARRI ER The Feel Good' Formula A guide to the ideal life balance We all dream of living the perfect life', but what exactly does it look like? According to a range of surveys and statistics, these are the different circumstances that combine to create the UK's ideal life balance. STARTING A FAMILY AT MARRYING 30 between the age of 25 & 29 LIVING IN HART, HAMPSHIRE officially the best place HAVING to live in the UK CHILDREN x2 ΜΕ ΤΙΜΕ FAMILY TIME SLEEP TIME 2.25 4 7 5 Spending up to 2 hours & 25 minutes of me time' a day Spending up to 4 hours of family time a day Getting 7 hours' sleep a night Taking at least one Long-Haul Holiday а year 12 3 hrs 3x WATCHING TV FOR LESS THAN 3 HOURS A DAY RELAXING HAVING BETWEEN EATING OUT THREE TIMES A FORTNIGHT PASTIMES Regularly partaking in the UK's most relaxing pastimes, country walks and reading б&12 close friends Being given the Freedom To Work Flexibly... .but switching off your computer and email when the working day is done 14 Being paid £100,000 ayear 15 REACHING YOUR CAREER hours a day of work max 39 53 peak at age minutes total соmmute Brought to you by/ CARRIER Tailor-made luxury holidays that help you keep life perfectly in balance www.carrier.co.uk 1- Halifax, Dec 2012, 2- YouGov, Nov 2012, 2-Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development, Nov 2012, 3- The Social Science & Medicine journal, March 2010 /Bounty.com, April 2011, 4- The Social Science & Medicine journal, March 2010 / Bounty.com, April 2011, 5 & 6- Sky Broadband, July 2010, 7- University of London, May 2011,8- Sky Broadband, July 2010,9-Pennington Biomedical Research Centre, July 2012, 10 - WWF-UK, Aug2012, 11 - Mark Vernon, author of The Philosophy of Friendship, 12 -QuickBite survey, July 2012), 13 a - Prof Cary Cooper, Lancaster University Management School, Feb 2013, 13b - www.flexibility.co.uk, 14 - Dr David Lewis, Sept 2010, 15- Finnish Institute of Occupational Health, Sept 2012, 16 - Aviva, April 2012, 17- Trades Union Congress, Nov 2012 CARRI ER The Feel Good' Formula A guide to the ideal life balance We all dream of living the perfect life', but what exactly does it look like? According to a range of surveys and statistics, these are the different circumstances that combine to create the UK's ideal life balance. STARTING A FAMILY AT MARRYING 30 between the age of 25 & 29 LIVING IN HART, HAMPSHIRE officially the best place HAVING to live in the UK CHILDREN x2 ΜΕ ΤΙΜΕ FAMILY TIME SLEEP TIME 2.25 4 7 5 Spending up to 2 hours & 25 minutes of me time' a day Spending up to 4 hours of family time a day Getting 7 hours' sleep a night Taking at least one Long-Haul Holiday а year 12 3 hrs 3x WATCHING TV FOR LESS THAN 3 HOURS A DAY RELAXING HAVING BETWEEN EATING OUT THREE TIMES A FORTNIGHT PASTIMES Regularly partaking in the UK's most relaxing pastimes, country walks and reading б&12 close friends Being given the Freedom To Work Flexibly... .but switching off your computer and email when the working day is done 14 Being paid £100,000 ayear 15 REACHING YOUR CAREER hours a day of work max 39 53 peak at age minutes total соmmute Brought to you by/ CARRIER Tailor-made luxury holidays that help you keep life perfectly in balance www.carrier.co.uk 1- Halifax, Dec 2012, 2- YouGov, Nov 2012, 2-Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development, Nov 2012, 3- The Social Science & Medicine journal, March 2010 /Bounty.com, April 2011, 4- The Social Science & Medicine journal, March 2010 / Bounty.com, April 2011, 5 & 6- Sky Broadband, July 2010, 7- University of London, May 2011,8- Sky Broadband, July 2010,9-Pennington Biomedical Research Centre, July 2012, 10 - WWF-UK, Aug2012, 11 - Mark Vernon, author of The Philosophy of Friendship, 12 -QuickBite survey, July 2012), 13 a - Prof Cary Cooper, Lancaster University Management School, Feb 2013, 13b - www.flexibility.co.uk, 14 - Dr David Lewis, Sept 2010, 15- Finnish Institute of Occupational Health, Sept 2012, 16 - Aviva, April 2012, 17- Trades Union Congress, Nov 2012