Work-life balance in hectic Singapore

As a working middle income family with kids living in a cosmopolitan city such as Singapore, you are faced with daily challenges such as sending your kids to schools on time, commuting to work in crowded public transport, rushing for a quick bite among the lunch crowd, work challenges faced in the workplace, getting knock off on time to pick up the kids, and finally, rushing home to get dinner ready.

Yes, this is the lifestyle of the average working-class living in Singapore. With this much of activities in a full day, it really kind of drains your energy by the time you are settled down on the bed. Where’s the work-life balance we are talking here?

Here, we have listed some of the concerns and factors affecting the work-life balance that everyone looks forward to;

1. Demanding workload
2. Not understanding direct supervisors at work
3. Childcare – sending kids to and from childcare centres
4. To have home-cooked food with family members
5. Leisure trips – overseas (few times in a year)
6. Spending quality time with kids (before bed sessions & weekend outings)
7. Spending quality time with parents & spouse (luncheons, dinner)
8. Having nutritious food and staple diet catered to family members, especially the kids

From the list of concerns and thoughts shared by the common Singaporean, it is inevitable to note that some of the factors are not well within our control. Factors such as demanding workload and unreasonable direct supervisors are major factors affecting a work-life balance lifestyle, and sadly, these are concerns that are not within our direct control. These issues have to be tackled on a macro basis where it takes time for the government and relevant organisations to work towards.

The good news is that with the limited time left beside work, one can still strive to achieve the maximum utilisation of your personal time. This can be done with proper daily planning.

With proper arrangement, one can even achieve having home-cooked food - one of the factors listed. With local caterers noting the change in lifestyle habits and consumers opting for healthier food choices, caterers have stepped in aggressively to meet the demands of the ‘new’ population.

Caterers such as Le Xin catering offers buffet catering, mini buffet Singapore, mini buffet delivery, tingkat delivery services, tingkat catering,tingkat Singapore no msg and even offers tingkat trial to consumers. Besides offering one of the cheapest tingkat in Singapore, Le Xin Catering is also known to be one the best tingkat in Singapore which offers tingkat delivery to condo as well.