Please excuse this break from my traditional “social web” analysis.
In the midst of a family emergency this week I’ve been taking the time to try and complete all the work that’s on my plate. There’s truly never a good time for things to go wrong but it’s how you work in such circumstances that truly defines you. Typically I spend my time writing about the day-to-day changes around the social web but between running a conference, an online school, and blogs simultaneously, it’s clear that I have too much going on.
Last night my father reminded me of a Nietzche quote which essentially states that sickness “is the greatest of all equalizers”. It’s true and in those moments we find at least the smallest amount of time to question our life decisions and if possible, make changes to live it better. I’m hoping to take some of what I’ve learned in these moments and execute on them. In what couldn’t have been better timing, I was reading an article by Leo Babauta titled, “Get Less Done: Stop Being Productive and Enjoy Yourself“.
In the technology space, most people work at excessive levels. There is also a focus on optimization and productivity as though we are finely tuned robots. Read Zenhabits, Lifehacker, and the Four Hour Workweek blog for long enough and you’ll quickly realize that you’ve spent hours on end learning how to optimize instead of spending more time doing.
In a book that I recently read, the author interviewed a man who had been extremely successful and his greatest tip was essentially “always be executing”. It’s true. If you want success as seen through the lens of society (or at least modern American society), you should always execute and always build something bigger. However what’s more important is to take out time to live.
Neil Patel wrote back in May that one of the best things you can do to become a better entrepreneur is to “Take A Break”. It’s something that I often forget to do and while you may have a better work-life balance than myself, you can never be reminded enough (unless of course you don’t work, which is an entirely different can of worms).
While this may have been a disjointed article … the point is to take a break and step back from everything you’re doing to have a more balanced life. It’s something I need to remind myself of more often.
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Recently, a client told me how she and her husband had a very successful business together. I asked her how that worked out. She said simply, "We set boundaries". That sort of set the pace of the entire week and hopefully my life.
As your post states, it's so important to step back and take a break to become more balanced. Thanks for the reminder.
Erin Kennedy
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