"Excuse me, where can I get some Work-Life Balance?"

These days, which I'm sure is a phase(hopefully!), which I'm sure a lot of successful men and women have been through (hoping to join ranks), I find myself working full time. I mean full-time, all the time. Even in my dreams. I have to wake up, do a reality check to see what all 'actually' happened and needs work. I have lost interest in WhatsApp groups long back, Facebook doesn't social network with me anymore, as for my friends, I've probably fallen off the face of the Earth for all they know. But you know what is the real problem ? The real problem is that I like it !!
This intense work where I'm just completely involved, committed, drowned and drenched top to bottom in things to do and I love it. It's like I'm addicted.
So whatever happened to Work-Life balance ? What balance.
While I'm going full throttle after my rush and high, what happens to my kid?
Yes, I have a kid.
Who takes care of her ? My husband.
Anything wrong with that? No.
If I were a guy and my wife would have looked after my kid- would that have been a problem? Absolutely Not.

Should there be something wrong with this picture?
See- now you get my problem.

How do I love my work the way I do and love my family the way I do?
What IS work life balance ? When does that happen?

9 hours of work + 2 hours of travel + 7 hours sleep = 18 hours

So does 'life balance' part of the equation supposed to crammed in the remaining 6 hours?
Should include workout, cooking, eating, cleaning up, laundry, organising because apparently all that is important for the LIFE part to exist.

Where do you get to take your kid to the park or to play some ball? If your Saturday is working - again forget it. When do you get to meet your friends? Is that not life ?

Are we working too hard? Are we used to working too hard and liking it ? For others who don't like it - how do they keep up with this mandate? Are we only making a big noise of it now, while other have been working like this forever ?

I would love the system French have recently adopted- but that's not going to happen anytime soon here in India. Would also love my siestas, but now it's great if I can get a full night's uninterrupted sleep.

Suggestions welcome on how to be great at work and at home at the same time, because I sure haven't cracked the code yet !!