workaholic lifestyle

always believed that there is a need to separate work and life out of work. that's why there are office hours and weekends. a balance is necessary, i think. but nowadays, it seems so hard to separate the 2. life seems to be intertwined with work and working seems like an escape from life too. was doing sch work in the weekend for 12 hour consec and stuck in office todae for more than 12 hrs straight. what a life?

the amazing thing is i realise i can be really devoted to work and working (the action itself). One can move from one fire to the other without any need for food or rest or any knowledge of the passage of time. If you enjoy your work, even better.

We often muse to ourselves the opportunity cost of not doing work but never did consider the opportunity cost of doing work. There is something you give up by working out of office hours. The time to exercise, sleep, spend time with loved ones, time for yourself.. but we never did consider the cost of such activities right? It's just a dinner i can make up another day, it's juz a gym session i can attend again, it's just.. it's just.. it's just an excuse man.

Can an enterepreneur ever have a life?? I'll like to think so. All the stories seems to evolve around entrepreneurs losing their loved ones, working long and hard in order to build a business. That can't be the only way out! Life outside work is equally important and influential to the quality of work you produce in those office hours. Be efficient and focused. Work on garnering your full energy to be fully engaged. I concur with the saying that it is not the amount of time you put in, but rather the amount of energy. Thus, be at the top level of your energy bar at all times. This requires constant recharging (just like the analogy of a cell phone).

How can we avoid falling into this routine? My CEO is a family man, a coach and he manages this delicate balance really well. Impressive. He still leaves early to attend his son's football match. I wish i could master it as well. I wish that my emotions will not be affected or run by other's actions or inactions. I wish that i can achieve my goal before i turn 22. I wish to discover the way to stay in balance, in shape and rediscover the energy i possess, to stop putting off hitting the gym again. I know that i have the endurance and will power to get through. I just need my energies and passions again, to make sense of what i am doing and move steadily, surely and tangibly towards my dreams.