This is so timely for me too… as I’m working toward a life that can sustain more responsibilities, more things that need my attention, and more important work that needs to be done at the same time.. this is always on my mind. I said to a friend the other day, “I don’t want to want as hard as I did last year to make the same kind of money, it wasn’t sustainable." and it wasn’t. And I said yes to EVERYTHING, it seemed like.. to the point that my team would ask… why did you say yes to this? And only in retrosepct did it occur to me that I was doing the exact thing you mentioned and not giving myself a lot of room to deal with life as it came at the worst of times.. I’d been struggling to “alter a mindset” that had so far fueled my career which was.. “you better strike while the iron is hot.” But then there’s always this relentless chase and never feeling real stability or peace even when you’re doing well, and you do skip the birthdays or gatherings or times to rest. So, I definitely get it, bro. Thanks for this post!
Man... no one talks about this stuff or spends the time to talk about it. We will get to the sweet spot soon and I'm sure we are not the only ones going through the mental and physical battle
This is so timely for me too… as I’m working toward a life that can sustain more responsibilities, more things that need my attention, and more important work that needs to be done at the same time.. this is always on my mind. I said to a friend the other day, “I don’t want to want as hard as I did last year to make the same kind of money, it wasn’t sustainable." and it wasn’t. And I said yes to EVERYTHING, it seemed like.. to the point that my team would ask… why did you say yes to this? And only in retrosepct did it occur to me that I was doing the exact thing you mentioned and not giving myself a lot of room to deal with life as it came at the worst of times.. I’d been struggling to “alter a mindset” that had so far fueled my career which was.. “you better strike while the iron is hot.” But then there’s always this relentless chase and never feeling real stability or peace even when you’re doing well, and you do skip the birthdays or gatherings or times to rest. So, I definitely get it, bro. Thanks for this post!
Man... no one talks about this stuff or spends the time to talk about it. We will get to the sweet spot soon and I'm sure we are not the only ones going through the mental and physical battle