Comments on: The Balance Myth

By: Karilee

Karilee — Tue, 27 Oct 2009 00:42:32 +0000

I do agree that sometimes we have to let go of some of our expectations for ourselves. Also, you can always get help.

Sometimes, particularly when you’re busy with a project or a life event, you need to take time off Twitter and other social media. If it’s essential to your business and your business image that you remain a consistent presence there, you hire someone like me to “sub” for you.

Finally, sometimes the right tool makes the job a lot easier. If you need to take a week away, you can always preschedule your social media posts with a tool like Socialoomph (which used to be TweetLater). While it’s not always the most intuitive tool out there, it’s not bad, and very powerful. There’s a free trial at socialoomph.com.

By: balance | Lorissa Shepstone

balance | Lorissa Shepstone — Mon, 28 Sep 2009 13:34:48 +0000

[...] trust me, most days are packed with wobbles. Lauren, of The Boss of You, recently posted about the Balance Myth and I couldn’t agree with her more. Aiming to balance your life is a good thing. Actually, [...]

By: Lauren

Lauren — Fri, 25 Sep 2009 23:18:07 +0000

@Lindsey - Of course, I'm deeply flattered you saw fit to share my post with your readers. Thank you. :) And I enjoyed yours, too. Thanks for sharing it! I also want to note here that there is a Part 2 to the above post, in case anyone is interested. Here it is.

By: Lindsey

Lindsey — Fri, 25 Sep 2009 21:30:57 +0000

Thank you so much for this post – it is wise and thoughtful and right on. I think about this all the time. I hope it’s okay that I linked to you in my blog, and wrote a post on the same topic:
http://www.adesignsovast.com/2009/09/myth-of-balance.html

Lindsey

By: Brenda

Brenda — Thu, 24 Sep 2009 00:50:30 +0000

OK, this is just scary, because I posted on my own blog about this last night, referring to your book! Guess that goes to show we’re all dealing with this. :) I look forward to the continuing discussion and new viewpoints – and hopefully even some new ideas to try out!

By: Anna Allen

Anna Allen — Wed, 23 Sep 2009 22:15:55 +0000

This is exactly what I needed to hear today. Thank you!!

By: Brandi U.

Brandi U. — Wed, 23 Sep 2009 20:14:38 +0000

Thanks for posting this! It made me feel a lot better to read that everyone goes through this.

By: mjb

mjb — Wed, 23 Sep 2009 19:47:04 +0000

Great post! So true that when you’re doing what you love, it doesn’t feel like work. The trick for me is to somehow also get done the stuff that I have to do that I don’t love :).

By: Lauren

Lauren — Wed, 23 Sep 2009 19:46:05 +0000

Also, for those of you who liked this post, you might be interested in checking out a similarly-flavoured piece by the fabulous Alexandra Samuel: "Don't Keep Up With Social Technology". More fuel for the "stop keeping up" fire.

By: Krista - Urbanite Jewelry

Krista - Urbanite Jewelry — Wed, 23 Sep 2009 19:36:23 +0000

Long time reader, first time commenter;)

This is a brilliant post. If contains so much insight on so many levels, and it really hit home. I’m trying to balance just finishing graduate school, searching for my first grown-up job, and starting up a jewelry design business (which is completely unrelated to that graduate degree, by the way). So often I’m fighting to achieve perfection.

And in general, I just want you to know that I L-O-V-E this quote: “…fall in love with the living of life and enjoy the ride.” It’s exactly what I’m seeking to do right now, and it might just become a personal mantra!