I'm trying to take it easy, because this was a really intensive few years of work." - Jennifer Aniston

Jennifer Aniston is a 56-year-old American actress. She is popularly known for her role on the television sitcom ‘Friends,’ which was from 1994 to 2004, as Rachel Green. The sitcom earned her Primetime Emmy, Golden Globe, and Screen Actors Guild awards.

Aniston has also consistently ranked among the world's ‘highest-paid actresses,’ as of 2023. With all this, she has also been real with herself when it comes to work-life balance.

"I'm a bit of a workaholic.”

Aniston says, "I'm a bit of a workaholic, so I'm forcing myself to try to take some time to travel and not work," in an interview with ‘People.’ Further, she adds, "It's so critical, I know, but I'm not good at it." The actress even shares that "our work is diminishing returns at the end of the day if you're just working so much that you don't have any wonderful life experiences.”The in-demand actress says, "I'm trying to take it easy, because this was a really intensive few years of work," referring to her busy lifestyle.

Jennifer is learning auto replies to balance her work life

"I'm trying desperately to learn how to create those auto replies when emails and texts come in, where it's like, 'I'm away forever. But call me in December; I'll be back,'" she says with a laugh.Aniston has been working in the entertainment industry for years; she has been continuously active since she made a name for herself when she was cast in ‘Friends,’ which went on for quite a long time but with success.

Aniston’s perfect day off structure

In the interview she shares what her day off would look like. "It looks like a blank schedule—there's not one thing on it," she says. "That's a perfect day, and then I can figure out what that day looks like as it goes."She shares how keeping her a priority is more important now than it has ever been before. "There's a lot that we need to not focus on, because it's so awful and ugly," she says of life's not very great moments. "So we need to also remember to focus on the beauty and the positivity that's also existing in our world right now."