I was asked a great question last week – “so what do you do for your personal balance?”
it is tempting to look for magic bullets isn’t it? You know the sort of thing. The pill to make you slim overnight, the exercise to give you rock hard abs in a week, the secret to achieving balance. Unfortunately I have yet to come across anything that really works that way, including achieving balance.
So, there really isn’t a work-life balance template I can give you that will work for everyone. What I can advise is look for the simple things that you can do that are really important. Huh? What does that mean? Perhaps an example will help.
I am married to a morning person – that is a challenge for a night owl like me. Some of her best times (and today is her birthday) of her day are in the mornings when nobody (especially the kids) is up and she can relax with a coffee and the paper. It doesn’t need to be a long time, getting up 15 minutes earlier is all it takes.
If I were able to gift you 15 minutes entirely to your self, what would you do with it? That is often the first step to figuring out what is truly important to you and going about intentionally reaching for it.
Tags: balance
May 29, 2008 at 4:39 am
I thought of this same thing this week Jerry. It came to me as I was trying to justify to my lawn and garden guy why I wanted to spread my own mulch. It’s not only to save the money, it’s to give my life balance
When I’m out in the yard working it may look like I’m busting my butt. However, what I am doing is more therapeutic than strenuous. When I work outside planting and digging and building a new landscape around my home, I’m thinking of nothing else. My mind is focused, yet clear all at the same time. There are no distractions, no stray thoughts of bills or proposals, clients or phone calls, things to do and places to go… it’s just me and nature. I realized that it is specifically this focused yard work that allows me to rejuvenate and revive my spirit, find clarity, and balance. There are many things I do besides work, but few give me the balance I find thru landscaping.
I’m all to thankful to be aware of this!