The purpose of this phenomenological study was to understand if and how community college faculty construct work-life balance, as our review of the literature pointed toward a lack of research on this topic. Twenty-eight community college faculty members were interviewed, and six major findings were generated through the data analysis. Metaphors related to water were developed to articulate the findings, which were: (1) tides of life, (2) flow of the academic year, (3) the flood, (4) the maelstrom, (5) refraction, and (6) swimming and/or treading water. Each of these findings and concomitant practical implications are fully explained.