Our lives are not one dimensional; or even two or three.  And so we must stop acting and behaving like they are.  And nor are our lives fixed, but our desires and focus changes over time.  Instead, think about life as being multi-dimensional and with aspects such as: Professional/Career, Personal, Spiritual, Physical, Financial, Mental/intellectual, and Relationships.  Each represents a different dimension of who we are are and we each get to decide how much of each shows up in our lives and in what priority.  No longer is the debate about the dichotomy of work versus everything else, but instead what importance each dimension holds in our lives.

There is no such thing as work-life balance - it is all life.  The balance has to be within you.  Sadhguru

The best and safest thing is to keep a balance in your life, acknowledge the great powers around us and in us. If you can do that, and live that way, you are really a wise man.  Euripides

We think, mistakenly, that success is the result of the amount of time we put in at work, instead of the quality of time we put in.  Arianna Huffington