The Content Lab Vol. 048

July 14, 2025

At the Content Lab, every day you’ll be receiving a daily LinkedIn post idea in the form of a question, as well as a fill-in-the-blank template for your post.

Your daily LinkedIn post idea, by The Content Lab

Question: What’s your take on work-life balance?

Below is a rough example of what a post could look like for this prompt. Feel free to edit it to reflect your own experience.

Post Template:

Hook:

I’m a director who works exclusively at night, by design.

For the past 19 months, I’ve clocked in at 8:00 PM and wrapped around 6:00 AM.

Tease:

While most of you are winding down, I’m just getting started. And before you say it, yes, I’ve heard it all: “But you don’t have a life outside of work.” “You’re wasting your youth chained to a desk.” “Just wait, this is going to ruin your health.” And I disagree with it all!

I sleep 6 hours a day, I eat clean, I train daily. I spend quality time with the people I love.

And no, I’m not “missing out” on life. This IS my life, designed to the detail.

Value:

I don’t believe in the work-life balance myth. Never have. I chase intensity and I’ve seen myself thrive in it.

I’ve never lived where I worked. I don’t believe in “office hours.” My work moves with me. I’ve done late-night interviews from airports, edited content on trains and planes, I’ve worked from some unimaginably beautiful places, beaches, mountains. I’ll take timezone chaos over creative boredom any day ...

You don’t build something exceptional by optimizing for convenience. You build it by making deliberate trade-offs. Choosing your hard, and showing up like hell for what you believe in.

This is the hard I chose. And I’d choose it again tomorrow.

CTA:

If you’re new here, hey! I’m Meri, the Director of Facto. We write story-driven case studies for B2B Enterprise and Agency teams.

Missed our last LinkedIn post idea? It’s worth scrolling back for.