Category: Balance (yeah right)

Do What You Love?

From the very beginning of arduous study, in the halls of the student union buildings, we prepare university students for their treadmill…

Many career-minded people start out doing what they love, but blind ambition supersedes, causing an imperceptible change in direction.

In the beginning, because the degree of change is so small and innocent, albeit very ambitious, we charge off chasing our career dreams.

When we’re younger, we take on the extra work hours and study – all in the name of climbing the ladder.

Well into a career then, we stay on our treadmill, because we can not afford to get off.

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What Needs To Be Done?

North Cascades Highway, Washington State, 1983
North Cascades Highway, Washington State, 1983

Yesterday’s echo of “find a million ways to do what needs to be done” is critical.

Making tough, thoughtful life decisions seems elusive for most of us.

Do you know what the single greatest challenge is?

Life is unpredictable.

This is why having a strong foundation is so critical.

And being flexible, without sacrificing our priorities, is the midlife mountain we must climb.

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No Rest For The Weary

Par For The Course, 5AM
Par For The Course, 5AM
This Was Hard To Do
This Was Hard To Do

Physical, Mental, Spiritual, and Financial rest?

When do you find time to rest?

How do you define rest?

Would you say you get too little rest, not enough, or just the right amount?

Recently slept until 9:30AM. It was not easy. Not because I was sleeping in, but specifically to force myself to get 8 hours of sleep. I never sleep past 5:30AM.

Find a million ways to do what needs to be done. Truly, there is no rest for the weary.

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Midlife Weekend Warrior

Ever find yourself in good rhythm with life? You carve out time to nurture a new habit, maybe even transformational in nature?

Then, after creating this very predictable habit, you modify it, in hopes of an even better habit? Was it difficult to let go of your routine? Did you worry about how others would react? Did your change “stick”?

After 18 consecutive months of daily writing, I paused. It’s been two weekends in a row with no posts.

“Why?”, you ask. Great question.

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Ask Yourself

What would you pay to have “balance'” or overall wellness as some call it?

Be honest, your life is fairly out of control if you inventory your life and ask these questions:

Am I as healthy as I know I’d like to be?

Am I as focused on my relationships and helping others as I’d like to be?

Does my boss adore me? What about the people that work with me?

Is my attitude as open, creative, and positive as I’d like it to be?

Do I spend less than I earn?

If tomorrow never comes, will she know how much I loved her?

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