Has Your Life Slipped Out Of Balance? Perhaps You Need to Make Room for Play
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Many people are so driven to succeed that they neglect to play. I am, or rather, was one of those people.
You see, I’ve always been driven to succeed. But, I was so driven to succeed that my life had slipped out of balance and I found myself failing to really enjoy life.
I kept thinking that once I achieve “this” I can relax and play more. Once I achieve “that” I can take a few hours off to go hiking, or take a vacation.
But then the next big project came along and… well…you probably know the rest of the story.
Mark Twain said, “Work and play are words used to describe the same thing under differing conditions.” Work can be play. And play can be work.
Mark Twain also said, “Work consists of whatever a body is obliged to do. Play consists of whatever a body is not obliged to do.”
My problem was that throughout my life I had a pattern of turning the things I loved to do for fun into Read the rest of this entry »
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