Sunday, September 15, 2013

The Imperfect Balance Between Work and Life

Sorry!  I have been away for quite a while - but I have hit a pivotal moment in my life, where I feel that writing and expressing my thoughts and feelings about things that I find interesting or touching, are helpful for me.

I stumbled across this article a few months ago, and it spoke to me:

http://blogs.hbr.org/2012/08/the-imperfect-balance-between/

It is from the Harvard Business Review, and discusses the idea behind the American Dream of achieving the perfect work/life balance, and having it ALL. It discusses the idea that you can have it all, it just won't all be perfect.

I used to have the American Dream.  I wanted to be a consultant and work 60 hours a week, get paid a ton of money, have a big house, a nice car, name brand everything.  I wanted everything to be perfect - until Denmark happened.

My version of the American Dream is now, a mix of a Danish/American dream.  I have realized I just want to be happy.  I don't need a big house.  I don't need a ton of name brands.  I just need simplicity and functionality, to be my best me.  My clean and simple apartment means a clean and simple life and a clean and simple mind.

Perfect is not perfect.  Perfect is boring.  Who is perfect anyway?