A phrase you often hear in regards to life, especially when you’re in college. The importance of “having a balanced life” is emphasized time and again by adults, mentors, and most of all parents.
All through my academic career I was working toward “balance.” The balance between teaching myself everything I wanted to know, learning about businesses, helping small businesses, and doing well in school, receiving the education others deemed entirely necessary. I aimed for a balanced life where I juggled school, life, relationships, hobbies, friends, outside projects and more.
As I look toward graduation in one week, I get to ask myself a new question. A question I probably should have asked myself long ago. What kind of balance do I want? Then I would have realized my answer is “I don’t.”
I don’t want balance, not right now. I want to be engrossed with making a change. I want to be an integral part of a company’s fruition. I want to work side by side with people who despise balance, love knowledge, and want to make dreams happen. A lot of people may not get this. But one type will. Entrepreneurs.
Where does your balance lie?
Your exuberance is compounded by your youth and energy and can be a fantastic thing but remember, young Jedi, all the success in the world will not replace the life you give up chasing it. I believe there is as much joy, if not more, in creating the perfect life as there is in creating the perfect company. Companies come and go; the only constant is you. There are things you can only experience with beautiful naive awe that comes from being young and unencumbered by skepticism brought on by too much time in the world. Chasing a fortune will never lead to happiness, those two paths must be traveled separately. I believe all your goals will come to fruition, but living without balance may prove to be more of a price than you’ll want to pay. Sometimes its just fun to walk in the rain.
lol, thanks Chad. But who ever said anything about monetary fortune? ;-)
I say happiness is balancing fun and adventure with learning and aspiring. You can never have too much fun and you can never learn enough!