Call it midlife but I’ve been musing a lot about who I am and and what I do, where work fits into that, and how to live. I’ve had some thoughts about what gets in the way.
How we spend our days is, of course, how we spend our lives.
Annie Dillard
It’s remarkable how ideas can obscure, as much as they inform. At a certain point, I realized that the actual concept of work-life balance itself was getting in my way. Things fell into place for me when I thought of it as Work – Not Work balance instead. I’m sharing that idea, in hopes that it will help you too; and writing through some of the implications and associations in this blog. I invite you to respond with your comments and feedback.
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