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6 DESIGN007 MAGAZINE I DECEMBER 2025 We all feel the challenge of achieving a healthy work-life balance. It doesn't matter whether you're early in your life and career, raising a family, passion- ately pursuing a lifestyle hobby, working toward an advanced degree in your spare time, or staring down retirement; the balance point is ever-shifting, and preserving that balance takes focus and vigi- lance. We've all had our moments when we had to prior- itize life over work (or work over life). Projects start and end, design schedules sometimes overlap, and family or health issues come up, often without warn- N O L A N 'S N OT ES by Nolan J ohnson and Michelle Te, I-C onne ct0 07 ing. This month, Design007 Magazine features PCB designers and design engineers, marketers, managers, and business owners who discuss how they've worked to achieve this balance. How do we make it all work? Here's one example from I-Connect007 Manag- ing Editor, Michelle Te, who shared an experience she calls, "The Night I Took a Meeting on the Way to the Eiffel Tower": Last summer, my older daughter and I took an amazing two-week trip to Europe, visiting the UK, Spain, and France. But being away from work for The Work-Life Balance: You've Got This N ot a b a d v i ew fo r a b u s sto p : T h e C h u rc h of S a i nt-S u l p i c e i n t h e 6 t h a r ro n d i s s e m e nt of Pa r i s . ▼