I'm not a believer in the 'work/life balance' equation. I think it's a huge red herring, often forcing us into unnecessary and unsustainable practices.
This blog post by Prof Scott Galloway is a deep and hopeful reminder for me about how we identify what's important. Galloway engages genuinely with someone's heartfelt dilemma, while at the same time acknowledging the shifting sands we are often forced to navigate across so many competing needs in our lives.
As we have all undoubtedly experienced, crises often require something more from us than we may have ever offered before. But once tendered it remains undeniably us, reshaping, enhancing and often challenging how we engage with our surroundings and relationships.
Obviously this phenomena is not confined to our experiences of global crises. It's what is asked of us as we approach every hurdle and every blind corner in our lives. It's our existential lot, indifferent to any perceived dichotomy between work and 'life'.
What excites me about the inevitability of these experiences is that, after the initial shock, discomfort or even accompanying grief they may elicit, they have the potential to transform us into more connected and integrated individuals. A much richer way of being in the world.
'Work/Life balance' be damned...
(* This is not my quote, but it's source is unclear.)
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