Last night I elected to take an evening off work to focus on family time. Too often as entrepreneurs we seem to forget about family and those around us and I am no exception to that rule. We (most of the family, the oldest is camping this week) went to see “The Dark Knight” at Westhills Theatre. It was a great movie and action packed right from the start. However this posting is not about Batman.
Back to Life/Work balance and the importance of that. I have been working hard in and on IT Matters for the past 7 1/2 years or so. I can count on one hand the number of days that I disconnected from the office completely and not checked email or dialed in to listen to a voice mail. I think the number is somewhere between 3 and 4 days where I haven’t done anything IT Matters, HTG, or IAMCP related during this time. Pretty sad eh!
In August, I am investing 2 weeks and driving out to my good friend Arlin’s farm with the majority of the family. Why is this escape important? I have promised myself that I will disconnect from the office for a longer period of time that the weekend I spent in Victoria a few years ago or the one or two so called “Freedom Days” I took when I was working with Andrew Barber-Starkey. You see the difference is now, that I was taking that time to see if I can do, of course, I can do it – however the difference is now that I want to do it.
During my travels I will scan quickly only in the early morning hours for anything urgent, make my blog posting on my experiences of the previous day, share a quick photo or so with all my friends that read my blog and I am on my way.
One thing I know for sure that will happen is this. My battery will be recharge, I am pretty tired these days and looking forward to a break. Oh wait, the other I know what will happen is this – the world will still be spinning, IT Matters will still be in existence, IAMCP will still function, HTG will be helping each other out and life continues on.
So, there I am done with my posting of the day today, enjoy everything around you!
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Hi. I bet you enjoyed the night without IT Matters. It’s so true that you always think you have to at least reply to emails when you are an entrepreneur.
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Have a great holiday.
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