Going part-time might seem like the solution to burnout and imbalance, but without specific strategies in place, it often makes things worse by cutting your pay while you continue working the same hours. We explore why so many part-time arrangements fail and the key skills needed to make flexible work actually work for you.

• Holding boundaries is essential - without them, you'll work unpaid hours and experience guilt in both directions
• Learning to disconnect mentally prevents work from following you during personal time
• Developing focus skills is crucial as workloads rarely decrease proportionally with hours
• Emotional awareness helps prevent "vomiting" work stress onto family and friends
• Perfectionism and procrastination become even bigger problems with reduced hours
• Success in part-time work requires setting guilt-free boundaries around your decisions

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