In the past, work weeks
of over 60 hours have been normal for me. Total madness when I look back on it
now. The saying and the question; "Do you live to work or do you work to
live?" I totally went to that live to work. I just didn't notice it
myself.
And when I look back on it in a financial sense, as the "boss" of the organization, I think that many of my staff went home with more salary per working hour than I did. They adhered to the 36 hours and usually also enjoyed good private and family life.
And going on ‘with your tongue on your shoes’ until your retirement age? I laugh about it now. And yes, that is a lot of financial sacrifice. Happy, so far still until now, in good health. Being able to change the course that living (instead of working) is called to be quite a bit.
I have been living without a work schedule and agenda for over eight years now. In fact, I haven't spent time on social media for years. You would think plenty of time. Well… not. No stress indeed, but always well-filled days with things that I generally still (or again) love to do. We do what the day invites us to do and are now quite flexible. We have time. Doing nothing for a day? Still not got that present ;).
And that saying with that question… It is completely off the track. I no longer live to work. I no longer work to live. I Live. Something for which I am more than grateful that I can do this like I do.
An insight in retrospection is that I robbed myself and my family too much of time that life is really about. Great to be able to experience that insight not totally too late.
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