Priorities

All of us know that our priorities change as we progress through life from graduation to embarking upon a career and then through to whatever end goal we wish to make our destiny. As I reflect, one of the most important struggles has been to ensure there is overlap between personal and work objectives. They seem to blur when one is young and eager to grow at work seizing every possible opportunity. I have often complained that I have had no time to accomplish even the most mundane personal needs as work requirements dominated all the space and time at hand. There has been a price to pay and I find myself reluctant to pay that anymore.

I have been lucky to come to terms with myself and have stared to learn how to set priories. A true convergence between personal and work objectives is not my quest anymore. All I try to do is be fair to both needs. It is a journey and there is no silver bullet. It calls for frequent redirection based on reflecting upon what we engage with, questioning that with as much a detached mind as possible. Out of such reflective observation some priorities will stand out, pursue them with single-minded devotion. This is how I believe I can achieve work life balance.