Blended Working Articles

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Click here for a summary of research supporting the need for Blended Working Adventures

Here's an article from the Globe and Mail that lays out why Blended Working may be a more realistic perspective than Work-Life Balance.

https://www.theglobeandmail.com/business/careers/workplace-award/article-there-is-no-work-life-balance-but-how-you-blend-your-time-matters/ 

Here's an interesting article from Medium.com about Blended Working vs. Work-Life Balance.  

https://medium.com/taking-note/forget-work-life-balance-its-all-about-the-blend-ad3115ed1fa4 

Here's an article from Psychology Today about one of the potential dangers of Blended Working - not setting boundaries between your job and the rest of your life so that your job creeps into everything you are doing and you are never really disconnected from it. 

https://www.psychologytoday.com/ca/blog/click-here-happiness/201805/work-life-blending-does-it-work 

Here's a great article about ways that companies and their employees can work together to enhance the workplace through various Blended Working strategies.

https://www.inc.com/principal/forget-work-life-balance-work-life-blending-is-the-key-to-happiness.html 

This article outlines four questions that may help business owners to consider whether a Blended Working lifestyle is right for them.

https://ivaa.org/blended-life-work-life-blended-lifestyle/ 

This article from the Huffington Post suggests three things to consider when trying to design a Blended Working lifestyle. Includes the link to a great video in which Jonathan Fields - founder of the Good Life Project - discusses Blended Working.

https://www.huffpost.com/entry/success-and-motivation_n_4889295 

This article explains why Nature is so vital to our emotional well-being:

https://www.outsideonline.com/2397694/nature-mental-health?fbclid=IwAR3VVRX3kEkmzh7NG2bjqfMPKUjUvuJwM_bZjU8Oz4PZzDzTCENsmGO2pz8  

A great little article on the benefits of exercise as they relate to your job, including why we struggle and what we can do about it.

https://hbr.org/2014/10/regular-exercise-is-part-of-your-job

A good look at Nature's effects on our well-being from a Positive Psychology perspective.

https://positivepsychology.com/positive-effects-of-nature/ 

This article summarizes some of the research on the beneficial affects of Nature

https://greatergood.berkeley.edu/article/item/how_nature_makes_you_kinder_happier_more_creative

A great article on the benefits on your job of going for a walk outside during the workday.

https://www.bbc.com/worklife/article/20190304-why-walking-makes-you-a-better-worker

Another good little article about the benefits of exercise as they relate to your job.

https://productivityist.com/increase-productivity-21-exercise/

Forget the GDP - New Zealand is prioritizing gross national well-being:

https://www.vox.com/future-perfect/2019/6/8/18656710/new-zealand-wellbeing-budget-bhutan-happiness?fbclid=IwAR10wcjeUfTsSSUR3wiXFeu9TuAVE2u5Z4mmOdbbi-31LEqnOd3K4adahv4