I've always believed that one can balance everything one wants in life, and have a bit of everything. Enjoy this, do that, enjoy another, do what you must here. But do it all.
Maybe its time I rethought that.
Does it makes sense to prioritise what is important to you, and give up on some other things completely? Do successful people eliminate the (relatively) less important to manage life? (A successful one at that.) Or is an effective balance the better solution?
In retrospect, I can say that I've never actually given up on any thing I really wanted to do. I've done what I had to do and done what I wanted to do, and managed a slightly above average result. Is that satisfactory? Subjective. The equation tends to be going towards an inverse relation between Success and Having it All. Very easy to contest that result but it seems to be the general tendency.
And then again, the very definition of success could also give one all these answers. What does success mean to you? What is an individual's definition? It seems that it must differ for each one.
Happiness, money, sense of achievement, family, career, love? A tricky combination of more than one.
2 comments:
Hats off to your perseverance, lady..
Oh, I still believe they can be balanced: do what ought to be done and what you like to do. Successful people aren't necessarily ones who have a singular aim and do not deviate. In fact, I'd like to believe that doing things that you enjoy and not things that would help you in your, er, ambition is important to keep you in good stead. I mean, there is only so much the mind and body can take. You need distractions, else, your sanity is at stake!
Yes, the definition of success is individual. But, unless the definition is pathological (pardon my mathematical language!), I do not see how enjoying life can conflict with what you "ultimately" want to achieve. Enjoying within limits. of course.
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