I’ve had a busy week.
While this blog tends to be a great outlet for me to find some balance between my time at my desk and my time in real world, sometimes that balance tips too far to one side and I find myself sitting on a Friday evening with not much to write about because I haven’t done much worth writing about over the past week.
Today is kinda like that.
Balancing Screen Time
With dozens of readers coming to this blog every day you may be wondering why I still need to work.
But seriously.
I have a great job with lots of flexibility for time off and to live a life where I can sleep in my own bed every night. I’m grateful for that.
That said … said job is ninety-five percent spent in front of a screen.
So you blog in your free time? You ask. On a screen?
I enjoy having a place where I can be myself and do something similar that I do for others, but do that thing for myself. But yes, not every day do I find myself savoring the idea of another few minutes in front of another screen.
How does one balance?
Balance comes from a having a plan, or so I find. Balance is the result of having something to do that pulls you away from the easy thing to do … too easy, like flipping open your phone and scrolling, or flicking the remote and queuing up the next streaming show.
Balance comes from doing the things that you need to do in proportion to the things you want to do. Not everyone has that luxury, of course, but it is something that we all seek and for many a thing that we will spend much of our lives working for, looking for, striving for.
I’m here on a Friday afternoon after completing a very long list of things I needed to do.
Meetings. Reports. Emails. Managing.
I’m hoping my weekend holds an equitable list of things I want to do.
Wandering. Cooking. Running. Creating.
That’s my work-life balance.