It’s fairly easy to tell if you’re experiencing a job rut. Your role at work becomes mechanical and you don’t feel challenged anymore. Attractive opportunities for advancement, more responsibility, and higher pay seem out of reach. Your supervisors aren’t leveraging your skills, and are instead hiring new people to perform jobs you’re perfectly qualified for. You no longer enjoy going to work each day, and it feels like the fire you once had for your career has burned out.

For most professionals, juggling the demands of a career and personal life is an ongoing challenge – especially as companies slash their ranks and expect more from their survivors. And for those of us who want to give 110% to everything we do, achieving a work-life balance can feel like an unattainable goal, like no matter what we do something is going to suffer.

Fortunately, it is possible to manage your career and family while feeling satisfied with both – even in today’s competitive world. It’s all about being committed to the outcome and taking action steps to create a new way of working and living that feels right to you. Here’s how to get started: