As entrepreneurs and business owners we hear virtually constant advice (at least I do) from people in our lives and productivity/effectiveness gurus telling us to balance our lives. When I hear that it sounds very nice, but the reality is that life, at least mine, is never balanced.
What does balance really look like? Doing exactly the same amount of every type of activity each day? How would that look? “Even though there are another three loads of laundry to do today, I have to get two hours of video gaming in or I’ll be out of balance.” That’s ridiculous!
I think what the gurus are really advising us to do is to relax, be happy, and have fun as much of the time as possible.
Creating income from activities we enjoy is the ideal of nearly every entrepreneur and financial freedom seeker. I enjoy the work that I do, which allows me to have fun while doing it. This means that I need fewer distractions from work to be happy. To the outside world, my life isn’t “balanced,” but to me, I’m balanced, with just enough of everything.
Does this mean that I wouldn’t like to eat better, work out more, meditate more, travel more, read more for fun? No, it doesn’t. What it does mean is that it’s easier to achieve “balance” when you’re doing what you love, and when doing what you love generates income.
What do you love to do?
