Finding My Center of Balance

I'm certainly in an interesting time. I think part of what is going on is a normal decompression cycle after working too much. But part of it is new. Part of it has to do with the new push and the new direction my business is taking. Because my business is changing, I'm changing. The business and personal changes are hard to separate, but clearly these changes tilt towards the business side.

I am hungry for changes in my personal life as well. I had been doing so well giving myself the first hour of each day. But that slipped after a while into giving myself permission to get an extra hour of sleep because that is what I wanted and needed most. I want that time back. I don't care if I decide to sleep in -- I still want the first hour for myself no matter what time that is. Things are not chaotic in my life, yet, but there are things that need attention. Things I need to take care of before my life begins to get chaotic. The fact that I have unopened mail and unfiled paperwork says it all. I'm also going to return to my Friday rule, that Friday I work for myself. It will be a challenge to implement this, but I'm going to do it this week. Once I get into the habit, it will be easy, and I will see the benefits of this diverted focus of energy building in a big way.

I'm really very happy to make these changes. I'm really looking forward to finding a new center of balance in my life so that my things are looked after as well as everyone else's interests. It lets me life the life I want to live, where my priorities rule my time schedule and not just what is billable gets priority billing. I want top billing in my own life. I want to choose to work on all sorts of things, but I decide and I take care of my wide range of interests, not just who will pay for my time. Isn't time my most precious commodity? Isn't the quality of life, the richness of living a daily life that addresses personal and professional, activity and rest, inner journey and outer journey... aren't these the values my heart sings about and that make sense to my head? It may be a simple credo to follow, but it is not easy to implement and keep in balance. I'm determined to find my center of balance for now between these duality points, and continue to adjust as the demands and interests of my life change.