It's been said many times: 2020 is a year like no other. We have seen massive change in every aspect of life, and the waterworks industry is no exception. Those of us in the sales arena have done a complete 180. Previously, frequent travel, face-to-face meetings, large trade shows, and customer hospitality events comprised much of our work model, but this all changed with various restrictions and lockdowns due to the pandemic. The benefits of the current setup include more time with family and less time spent commuting, traveling, and managing offices. But a big downside is the blurring between work and home, and the resulting imbalance. As sales professionals, particularly here at SIGMA, our mindset is always to put the customer first-and that is a big part of what makes SIGMA great. But the challenge is maintaining a healthy separation to ensure that we don't neglect our families and ourselves, or reach the point of diminishing returns with our work by overdoing it. Fortunately for me, my wife, Annie Webb, LISW, is a therapist. She helps keep me semi-sane, no small feat, and has offered the following strategies to cultivate a healthy work-life balance in these unprecedented times.

We can all benefit from a healthy work-life balance, and these challenging times have pushed many of us to our limits. These strategies have helped the Webb household maintain some semblance of order-although with four young kids in and out of school due to the pandemic, an energetic dog, and two parents working from home, "order" is a loose definition.