{"id":429,"date":"2025-05-06T08:50:50","date_gmt":"2025-05-06T05:50:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/jinja.wordcamp.org\/2025\/?post_type=wcb_session&#038;p=429"},"modified":"2025-05-09T22:35:00","modified_gmt":"2025-05-09T19:35:00","slug":"from-messy-to-meaningful-managing-yourself-finding-balance-creating-joy-in-your-digital-work-life","status":"publish","type":"wcb_session","link":"https:\/\/jinja.wordcamp.org\/2025\/session\/from-messy-to-meaningful-managing-yourself-finding-balance-creating-joy-in-your-digital-work-life\/","title":{"rendered":"From Messy to Meaningful: Managing Yourself, Finding Balance &amp; Creating Joy in Your Digital Work Life"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In today&#8217;s hyper-connected world, the line between our personal lives and professional hustle is blurred and thinner, more than ever\u2014often leading to overwhelm, burnout, and a loss of joy in the very work we once loved. 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