I recently read a biography from a senior executive in my company, who said that she was a firm believer in "having it all".
I have a tremendous respect for that view.
I however, am a firm believer, in that you cannot have it all. Maybe she has found a way to have it all. I have not.
Not that I am missing out on anything big, but I do know that I have made conscious choices to ensure I maintain a balance that works for me. So the things that I do have, I have properly. And the things that I don't have, I have chosen not to prioritze.
I believe you have to set priorities and chose where you spend your time. You have to be willing to put thing aside temporarily, give up on something for a period of time, stop doing that one thing that brings you pleasure if something else is something else is more important.
So what's your belief?
Can you have it all?
I do believe in having it all. For me however having it alll is having everything that YOU believe in and everything YOU want.
ReplyDeleteI also believe we need to focus on things that make a difference in other's lives-especially our family life and our good friends. Focus on the long term and the short terms as we are responsible for other lives of the ones we love.
So having it all to me is living now-taking info we need to do so from the past and dealing with it well-and planning for the future for ourselves and the people most important to us.
That is alot! Energy well spent though if we can look back and have no regrets. Mistakes are made -but we need to fix them-always along the way with maturity and grace.
Lauren