Balance

In the early days, as I mentioned in a previous post, I was out in the community a lot. After a while I found myself a bit overwhelmed by all that I was doing and had to make some decisions. …

  • I was attending every event, meeting and learning program I could find.  It left me racing from place to place – then back home again  for client meetings.  Not an ideal use of energy.
  • Some clients wanted to meet me in person and I chose coffee shops.  That too, left me racing from meeting to meeting, just making it home in time for a client call.

It was time to make some decisions.

I began to evaluate all of the groups whose meetings I was attending, and decided to choose one to  commit to.  One that I felt a great connection to and sense of real community with.  One that I wanted to dive more fully into and get involved.

I also realized that I loved meeting clients in person, yet had to do it in a way that better conserved my time/energy, so I chose to invite clients to my home office instead of meeting at a public place.

What were some outcome of my choices?

Getting more fully committed to one group enriched my experience with them, and made all the time I spent more enjoyable and rewarding

Opening up my home office to my clients added a more personal experience for us both, allowing clients to more fully open up than they could in a coffee shop.

These are just a few examples of how balance has shifted over time as I consistently evaluate how I am spending my energy and what needs to change to keep me as “balanced” as I can be.


UncategorizedOctober 6th, 2015Reply