Are you happy?
Think about that seriously right now… are you truly happy? I do not mean do you love your job, are you rich or anything like that… I just mean happy.
- Are you out of shape, do you eat like crap, do you feel like crap?
- Are you always on the computer, always working, always telling family members, “give me a few more minutes”?
- Are you stressed out and always worrying about something?
I am sure that these question do not relate to all of you but I can guarantee there are a lot of you that know exactly what I am talking about.
The entrepreneurial spirit is a great thing to have, wanting to grow your business, get out of the rat race and have freedom… BUT AT WHAT COST?
You know there is a funny thing about computers, they can almost mesmerize you in a way that is addictive and this in combination with wanting to get a business running can be a bad combination.
Just the other day, my wife made me laugh when she was doing a blog post for her blog An Aud Life and my youngest daughter was asking her to tuck her in. I heard my wife say 3 times in a row “Just a minute”… and WOW did that make me laugh.
Why?
Because only a few months a go my wife had nothing to do with the computers… she maybe would check email or facebook but spent very little time on it. Now that she is getting into blogging, she suddenly is finding herself getting sucked in. She loves checking for comments, commenting on others blogs, getting involved in her social communities and checking stats.
It felt so good to finally say to her, after the third “in a moment” to say… “HA, I TOLD YOU!”
Having no idea what I was referring to, I explained and she almost could not believe what she had done. I reminded her how she would be so intolerant of it with me because she could not understand why I could not just stop what I was doing. She finally understood and felt terrible and immediately shut the computer down and went to tuck in our daughter.
Now for those that are asking “why did you not tuck her in and let your wife work”.. well I already did, they like us both to tuck them in.
OK, so the point of this little story is to emphasize the point that it is vital to keep priorities in order at all times. We can get so involved into the present moment that we lose complete sight of the big picture and what really matters. We can spend so much time focusing on “Work” or other things that we think are so vital that we miss everything else and later we look back at these moments and absolutely regret missing out on them.
What also happens is we make it even more stressful on ourselves because of guilt… so we exhaust ourselves, do no take care of ourselves and also beat up on ourselves because we know we should not be doing what we are doing!
Do not work yourself to death, do not ignore your spouse or your kids, do not exhaust your mind and body and take some time off.
On Friday I had a situation arise in my office and I truly think I had every reason to use the excuse that I could not go away this weekend because I had to handle it. Well you know what, too bad. I had promised my family we would go away this weekend and so I went. Now believe me, it was not an easy decision but it was the best one.
We had an excellent weekend, it was a tremendous stress relief and you know what… I can truly say… I AM HAPPY!
Enjoy life and keep priorities in order… that is what true success really is.
For me what really brings it all into perspective is this –> What do you want your loved ones to have engraved on your tombstone?
“Your Name Here” was a hard worker who knew how to put work above everything else!
or
“Your Name Here” was a loving husband, dedicated father and lived life to the fullest!
So what are your priorities?
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