In that spirit, we’ve rounded up some of our favorite quotes for inspiration.ġ. One of the best ways to inspire yourself to create better boundaries, and a healthier balance, is by learning from others who’ve won the struggle themselves.Ĭreating time for yourself and prioritizing time to nurture your relationships, all while driving your career momentum, is a common theme.
It requires you to determine what mixture of professional and personal activities will offer the satisfaction you deserve. Now you’re wondering where and how you get some of that.Īs far as we can tell, work-life balance involves a mixture of time management, commitment, and (most importantly) prioritization. It buys their freedom, pays for it, and then persuades its money back again with shoddy goods and the promise of freedom.Is one of your career goals this year to create a better work-life balance? Perhaps you’re overwhelmed by your commute or tired of putting your personal relationships on the back burner for an intense workload? Or, maybe you’ve seen others who have seemingly created balance between their personal commitments and their families. The Economy does not take people's freedom by force, which would be against its principles, for it is very humane. The new slavery has improved upon the old by giving the new slaves the illusion that they are free.
I think of the old slavery, and of the way The Economy has now improved upon it. They don't slow down for - or maybe even see - an old man in a rowboat raising his lines. They play their radios loud enough to hear above the noise of their motors. They stir the river like a spoon in a cup of coffee.
Their eyes are hungry for the scenes of nature. They long for the peace and quiet of the great outdoors.
This resting involves traveling at great speed, first on the road and then on the river. On those weekends, the river is disquieted from morning to night by people resting from their work. It is a seat in the front row, you might say. On pretty weekends in the summer, this riverbank is the very verge of the modern world. But not if the river is navigable, as ours is. “It might seem to you that living in the woods on a riverbank would remove you from the modern world.