I have often heard people say “I leave work at the door as soon as I get home” or “I leave home at the door as soon as I get to work.” I have always puzzled over this, as I can”t understand how the two do not overlap? To me the comments are too neat, too black and white; whereas I see life as many shades of grey and definitely not such a neat fit.
I understand that we all have our own reality and that these comments are certainly coming from my own, however, I also think that we create the life we live and sometimes trying to box things so neatly often causes us angst and stress, potentially the very things we are trying to alleviate from our lives?
So why do some of us try so hard to create a definitive demarcation between work and life? Is it because we don”t really like our work or is it because we don”t really like our life?
For me, I love life; my life is my work and my work is my life! I remember years ago a friend of mine saying “determine your passion in life and then find a way to get paid for it.” Once you do that work is no longer a chore, work is a joy and the blurred boundaries (work and life) become seamless.
Let me share story: we (the fam) recently returned from ten days in Malaysia. Whilst sitting in the hotel room in Kuala Lumpur I picked up one of the magazines laying on the coffee table and the very first story I read was on Leadership and Management in Malaysia. This sparked my interest and got me thinking about working in Malaysia.
I wondered if this could be possible. If so, then I could blend my passion with overseas travel and of course the by-product – shopping, how good would that be? I continued to read and noted the article was written by a global consulting firm. I also travel with my laptop (can”t be without communications), so I Googled the firm only to find they were looking for consultants in both Australia and Malaysia. So needless to say, my holiday provided me with a fantastic business opportunity which I am currently exploring so I will keep you up to date as it unfolds.
Ah! This is what (work) life is all about!
