Getting balance can sometimes be difficult, sometimes easy. Sometimes it's just a matter of deciding what is important, and what one needs to counterbalance some challenges or situations. A good work/life balance is very important for good emotional, mental and physical health.

Once balance has been achieved, maintaining it can be challenging too. Particularly in the computer age, use of computers daily can really affect the other aspects of one's life. It's easy to get one's news, entertainment, research, and now even social connections through this media. For that reason, it's vitally important to reassess one's balance from time to time.

The nicest thing about this Web 2.0 social aspect is that it becomes far nicer to work online, with interactions possible even across the world. It is a more relaxed feeling, and a more stable one. In the recent past, the working world would gather for meetings and conferences about a project and then everyone would go back to their small world on their computers to work on it in relative isolation. Now they don't need to be walled off as they once were. The interaction of a Wonderland virtual office, for example, gives others the chance to virtually drop in and confer on a project, collaborate, and have hands-on opportunities without having to go to the lengths of scheduling a meeting, or face the challenges of preparing additional material to show their work.

So enjoy the connections at work, the interaction, and the educational benefits. Realize that this new technology can help you focus as well as end isolation during working hours. Find your balance, between that and your offline world, and tweak it as you need to. Maintain that balance with regular evaluation of your status - you will be glad you did.