It’s about understanding what are the things you really love and make your heart sing. For me, that might be a walk on the beach with my wife and son or a fine glass of wine after work. It could be any number of different things.

That’s a focus for me, I keep a daily accountability diary and part of that is I need to get four out of 10 out of 10s. I think if you love each day and at the end of the day you can say it was 10 out of 10, I think that definitely makes work and life a lot more enjoyable no matter the challenges that come your way.

Brenden Lowbridge, Money Links, NSW

Gym sessions

I think going to the gym’s a major one for me, actually, a lot of my friends and family would fall over for me saying that I enjoy doing exercise now!

Every second weekend I get my kids, so I get my energy source a lot of the time from my kids and seeing them.

I do other things like going for a walk, putting a podcast in and listening to that, grabbing some coffee, or just catching up with my friends. That’s usually how I like to unwind.

Adam Buckley, Next Lending Solutions, NSW

Hunting (with no phone signal)

The main thing I do outside of work is spending a lot of time with my two young children but I’m also an avid hunter.

Luckily, we’ve got access to a few private properties and I also have a permit to control wildlife. I enjoy it because mobile phone reception doesn’t work so the phone doesn’t ring. I don’t have the temptation of looking at my phone all the time.

It’s nice going out with friends and having conversations that don’t revolve around banking!

Scott Seng, MoneyQuest Balwyn, Victoria

Surfing and learning new hobbies

I like to go to the gym a fair bit, I do classes five or six times a week. I like to surf too, even though I’m not very good at it. I really like taking on new hobbies, even if I’m no good, I still love it.

There’s a wave pool in Melbourne called Urban Surf, which is just so much fun. I try to get there once a week, which is just active meditation.

I love doing that and I try to keep my diet good and stay as fit and healthy as I can.

Rory Sercombe, Own Home Loans, Victoria

Family time and reading

A hundred per cent of my free time is just with my family and kids, which is a lot of fun. The hard part is knowing when to switch off because the phone’s always ringing and the emails are just relentless.

I’ve also always loved reading; I look forward to just being able to have the time to read more. I love reading philosophy and I have a whole bunch of books that are on the bucket list that have that angle.

I’d really like to learn the guitar one day too, but that might be a while off, I think!

Daniel Gold, Long Property, Victoria