Always learning....

As long as I am learning, I am living.... 

This week, I am continuing my education in "balance 101, the art of working hard and playing hard."  I am so busy with work and family, trying to balance the two.  I can't say work and home, because so much of my work is done at home. 

Perhaps, instead, it should be professional and personal.  This characterization is much more accurate.

Working is my professional life, and playing is my personal life.  That's not to say that I don't sometimes consider work as play, or play as work.  I work very hard in my personal life, but....  You have to draw the line somewhere.

To me, working hard and playing hard means focusing on what is happening at the moment; devotion to what is at hand.  If I can focus, then I can derive satisfaction and success.  This approach is akin to realizing that you can't do it all at once.  I need to parcel out time and activities.

Professional and personal time can be relished when time on each is done well.  By way of example, I have been working hard this week, completing many projects.  I also payed hard when I exercised and read with my Son.  As a result of having worked hard and played hard, I feel much more relaxed and ready for the weekend.