I tend to think of life balance as finding the right ratio of ‘productive’ hours versus ‘consumptive’ hours. I go to work, clean the house, take care of the kid, and work on side projects during my productive hours, and then relax, watch tv, read books, and play video games during my consumptive hours.

All of one or the other is not sustainable. Sometimes I feel like I am doing too much of one or the other, and I try to rebalance.