So after having been given increased responsibilities in the professional realm my BITA list (Balls.In.The.Air) would give a professional juggler the heebie jeebies! I am still working to find a balance - or assistant so that I can learn to successfully delegate and oversee from a management point of view. This blog is not supposed to get personal - so for those of you who are more interested in what I do, check out my private blog.
Long story short my boss suggested I put in 18 hours a day - I couldn't tell if he was serious, but I flat out said no. Don't get me wrong I love my job - on most days - but I'm not going to kill myself working. I work to live. To enjoy my life. Have disposable income. Spend it. Yet I need the money and I need the job cos I want the lifestyle that it can buy. I think, the conclusion I've arrived at so far, is that we have to analyse what it is we want, and then work towards it. That 'working towards it' requires a lot in the way of long hours, sacrifice and compromise. We can always lower our expectations and then do less work. It boils down, again, to priorities.
You're a young lad with your whole future ahead of you. A fairly qualified banker bloke ready to settle down. A dreamer who lives in wonderland waiting for her prince. Whoever you are, you set your own priorities. Whether it's academics, career, family, friends, bring a social butterfly or just living life day by day - you dictate where your life is going and what that requires from you. All in all, you set the route, how much you need to put in is solely in your hands. You do reap what you sow. The real winners are those that strike the perfect balance, keeping both themselves and their significant other, or boss, or tutor, or parents - whoever - happy. In finding that balance we must also look for the balance between being selfish and making sure we move in the right direction for our personal and professional growth and being selfless and spending time with our families, doing things with and sometimes for other people, going out of our way to give back and sometimes doing something we really don't want to because it'll make someone else smile.
This will be an ongoing debacle - one I will learn from with passing days and years and therefore continue to update!
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