The other day I was thinking about life and the balance of a personal life and your work life. For me those lines are very blurred. I often put my work first and feel like I am in a relationship with my job. I see my coworkers more than my family and spend more time with them than I do my friends. So when thinking about a relationship out side of work I realized I rarely have both. If I am doing well at work, I am single....and when I am in a relationship my job stays the same.
Then the moment from the movie "The Devil Wears Prada" popped into my head...
Andy: My personal life is falling apart.
Nigel: That's what happens when you start doing well at work. Let me know when your entire life goes up in smoke: then it's time for a promotion.
A few weeks ago I stopped dwelling on the fact that I was single and started thinking about the future. What can I do to make my life better? What can I do to make myself feel better? And what could I do to just let go and have more fun? And that is exactly what I have been doing. When I stopped focusing on the things that I felt gave me voids and instead focused on what made me happy, my perception of situations turned around. And in turn it opened me up for new opportunities.
My work life is moving ahead and will be starting a new position in a few weeks. Now is the time for me to focus on my job, my career, and burry myself in work. So for the time being, I will not have it all. This girl will remain a work-o-holic. At the end of the day I will still smile because no boy can make as happy as I can myself. Finding satisfaction in what you are doing and finding pride in what you can accomplish can be some of the greatest feelings one can feel.
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