Career and family has been my primary focus for so long that the other parts of the wheel have at times been practically depleted. For me it is most definitely parts, plural. What part(s)* of the wheel of life do you need to invest in? Thank you for joining me on this adventure and I hope you will continue to join me as I move in a slightly new direction. The topics I will be writing about will be in the following areas: So moving forward I will continue the philosophy of this site of Pausing, Reflecting, Creating, and Growing but it will be in a slightly broader sense. When you don’t take the time to embrace all the areas of your life and invest in them on a regular basis, the balance you want, the simplicity you crave gets drowned out in a sea of to-do-lists, urgent projects and tunnel vision.

Putting it All Togetherīeing self-employed and working from home with family responsibilities, client needs, personal care, and more, can leave you feeling drained, stressed, exhausted and completely uninspired.

I got excited and realized that I was opening doors and opportunities for the future of this site. As soon as I embraced the idea of not cutting out a part of me that I value, outdoors, creativity etc., I lit up. I have felt better about my business than I have in a long time. This year, as soon as I was “given permission” to embrace this love in my new brand, I ran with it. In my web design business, I left out my love of the outdoors for years. When you do not let your personality show, when you try to shut down a part of you and leave that out of the marketing mix of your business, creating for your business will always be a struggle. Instead I was forcing myself into a specific mold. As I read her post I knew that one of the reasons I was struggling with organizing my content and topic ideas was that I was leaving part of me out of the equations. In this post author Julie Harris asks this simple yet vial question.

While short-term out-of-balanceness can be beneficial, long-term out-of-balanceness can do great harm to you, your family and your business. It is a website project that keeps you from social engagements and away from your family for a short period. It is a focus on a sick family member that you lose sleep over and possibly ignore your work for. There are times when being out of balance is necessary. – that version of balance does not exist. Balance that means no bumps in the road, we are all happy as clams etc. I’ll be the first to admit that I think “balance” as we so idealistically dream it up as, is a myth. He presents the idea that a balanced and successful life means that we make regular investments in the following 7 areas:Ĭlick here to see a different (aka prettier) version of The Wheel of Life. Zig Ziglar talks about what a successful life looks like in his book Born To Win. First – Zig Ziglar’s idea of the “Wheel of Life” and second, this blog post, “You Are Your Business: Who Are you?”. Last night in working on my content ideas, I had an important aha moment. Sharing what I am learning through my own journey is something I enjoy writing about.īut, what about my creative side? My love of the outdoors? The idea of developing creativity and problem solving skills? Of taking care of your health so you and your business thrives? What about… this list could go on and on and on.Īnd what about my readers, what will they be interested in? In looking at my list of blog subscribers not all are business owners, in fact there are a few retired folk on the list! –> Just a heads up… a short survey will be coming your way soon… I see and experience what home based entrepreneurs go through.

Įntrepreneurs is a group of people I can identify with. About not letting that business become a 24/7 thing and the importance of taking deliberate, intentional time off. The core of this site, and a few other I’ve tried over the years, is about running a business from home and still having a life. You see, I’m interested in so many things that it is easy for me to get pulled in an “Oh Shiny!” direction or get interested in what another blogger is doing on their site. I’ve been struggling with developing a cohesive collection of content (yeah, say that fast 5 times…) for Selah Reflections.

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