A recent Ernst & Young survey found that many full-time professionals believe it’s harder to achieve work-life balance today than just five years ago, thanks in part to smartphones and other technologies that have turned “9 to 5” into “24/7.” For freelancers, entrepreneurs and other self-employed individuals who work from home at least part time, it can be even more difficult to unplug in today’s “always on” society, which has generated demand for shared offices that create a physical separation between work life and home life. Taylor Johnson client Amata Office Solutions provides an overview of how these flexible office environments promote work-life balance in this contributed piece for HuffingtonPost.com.

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Amata Office Solutions operates six shared office centers in downtown Chicago, including its newly renovated center on the 28th floor of 150 N. Michigan. (Credit: Dustin Halleck, Dustin Halleck Photography)