Even in 551 BC Confucius knew the importance of having a meaningful job. Long before the days of employee badges, corporate high rises, and double glass doors, the idea of a career was in existence. This sense of meaning and purpose was so important that Confucius imparted the often cited wisdom of “choose a job you love, and you will never have to work a day in your life.” The hope to have purpose and meaning behind one’s work is not new, it has always been a part of humanity’s quest for fulfillment.
I am often asked how do you balance work and life. My answer is quite simple “I don’t”. My work is so much a part of my life that I couldn’t possibly consider it to be something separate; an individual entity completely segregated from my personal life. My work does not feel like work, I have worked hard to manifest Confucius ancient wisdom in my life. My “work” is fun and I have created it to be so. My work, is such a grand part of my life, it is my purpose. I have created an organization that has enabled me to do what I love most: collaborate and converse with interesting women. My business is infused into my life and vice versa. That’s why I have an insatiable energy and don’t feel drained after working 12 hour days. I don’t mind having an inbox that is jam packed with requests, questions, and concerns because it is all a part of something so much bigger; something that I love, Hera Hub.
Make it a goal to thread your personal and professional life together. Incorporate things you enjoy into your business, so it feels like you’re passing the time doing something pleasant rather then a task to be checked off of your list. Try to infuse “focused fun” by pinpointing what you love: drawing, talking, laughing, interesting conversation, list making, etc. and weave it into your business and work.
I love Hera Hub so much that I don’t find it necessary to walk-away for days on end (plus, I don’t have the kind of business that would enable be to do so). It has added such joy and meaning to my life, that it’s part of it.
