> ## Content Index > Fetch the complete content index at: https://www.revenuerulebreaker.com/llms.txt > Use this file to discover other available public pages before exploring further. # Is this work-life balance? - URL: https://www.revenuerulebreaker.com/is-this-work-life-balance-made-with-sunsama/ - Published: 2025-08-27T11:17:21.000Z - Updated: 2025-08-27T11:17:21.000Z - Description: The one thing that changed how I spend my days - Author: Lex Roman - Tags: Tools, Work Styles, Free Posts **Brought to you by Sunsama.** Make work-life balance a reality with Sunsama's daily planner. [Try Sunsama free for 30 days](https://try.sunsama.com/lex?ref=revenuerulebreaker.com). [![Sunsama logo](https://www.revenuerulebreaker.com/content/images/2025/06/Untitled-design--27-.png)](https://try.sunsama.com/lex?ref=revenuerulebreaker.com) --- I never cared about work-life balance. First because I'm a product of the United States where work reigns supreme. Second because I grew up wanting to make movies. I knew that meant 14-16 hour workdays and it wasn't gonna leave time for much else. Having weekend plans? NO THANKS! In college, I spent as many Friday nights as I could on set with my dad watching the crew of *Law and Order: Criminal Intent* shoot a crime scene on the dark and gritty streets of the Lower East Side. ![Me with Kathryn Erbe and Jamey Sheridan on the set of Criminal Intent](https://www.revenuerulebreaker.com/content/images/2025/08/Lexonsetcriminalintentwalkie.png) Me with Kathryn Erbe and Jamey Sheridan on the set of Criminal Intent circa 2002 This all or nothing view of work continued far into my 20s as I followed in my dad's footsteps, moved out to LA and started working in TV. Tech was no better for balance when I switched careers in 2012\. If my job workload wasn't hefty enough, I found extracurriculars to fill my time like co-founding a film festival or freelancing on a startup's design. If you're not hustling, you're being hustled, right??? When I became an entrepreneur, this behavior put me in a dangerous place. It's VERY EASY to justify working 24/7 on your own company. But it starts to be a real grind at some point. It's not fun anymore. It's just frustrating. An endless to do list. I had a wake up call in 2021 when a doctor told me I had created a bunch of health problems for myself by working so much. I needed to make a change. Soon after that, I found something that would help me make this change: [Sunsama](https://try.sunsama.com/lex?ref=revenuerulebreaker.com). [Try Sunsama FREE](https://try.sunsama.com/lex?ref=revenuerulebreaker.com) Sunsama is my daily planning tool. It's improved how I see time. It's improved how I budget time. It's improved how I spend time. I do want to prioritize some LIFE STUFF now like getting new eyeglasses (hello, progressives!), buying a gift for my dad (happy birthday Pops!) and planning my next trip (Antigua, Guatemala!) Sunsama helps me balance this alongside work easily. [![A view of my Sunsama dashboard (work and personal are labeled and you see all my tasks)](https://www.revenuerulebreaker.com/content/images/2025/08/sunsamascreenshot.png)](https://try.sunsama.com/lex?ref=revenuerulebreaker.com) A view of my Sunsama dashboard Inside [Sunsama](https://try.sunsama.com/lex?ref=revenuerulebreaker.com), I have tags for work and personal and then labels for specific themes like this newsletter (#revenue-rulebreaker) and my travel days (#transition-tasks). Sunsama auto-labels new tasks for me, making it easy to see the split of work + personal. It also estimates how much time it believes each task will take. It gets better over time as I add similar or recurring tasks. [![My channels in Sunsama](https://www.revenuerulebreaker.com/content/images/2025/08/channelcontexts.png)](https://try.sunsama.com/lex?ref=revenuerulebreaker.com) My tags in Sunsama (called "channels") What's powerful about this is that Sunsama reflects back to me: - My predicted work load at the beginning of the day - What time I can shut down work based on how much is on the list - How I ACTUALLY spent my time at the end of the day [Try Sunsama FREE](https://try.sunsama.com/lex?ref=revenuerulebreaker.com) [![](https://www.revenuerulebreaker.com/content/images/2025/08/Screenshot-2025-08-26-at-4.18.16---PM.png)](https://try.sunsama.com/lex?ref=revenuerulebreaker.com) How I spent my time (shown in Sunsama) These in-my-face reminders of where the time goes help me make room for important stuff like getting to the doctor (something I LOVE to put off). Because the time estimates make it easy to see how personal tasks would impact my work schedule. If I take 2 hours to go to the doctor, I have 4 hours of work to budget and I can just drag those tasks around. Or maybe it's easier to turn it into a personal day. Either way, Sunsama lets me see how the scenarios impact my schedule. The end result is that I actually do get my work done at a reasonable hour now. I'm writing this at 4:30pm and I'm gonna be done for the day after that, having accomplished what I needed to today. Past Lex wouldn't know what to do with themself. New Lex knows there's something called LEISURE and is excited to experience that ☀️ Can you relate to overworking yourself into the ground? If so, you should try Sunsama. It will help you use your time better. Try it free for 30 days. [Try Sunsama FREE](https://try.sunsama.com/lex?ref=revenuerulebreaker.com) 🎲 Lex