A talented woman once said, “Whenever you see me somewhere succeeding in one area of my life, that almost certainly means I am failing in another area of my life.”
Who, you ask?
Shondra Rhimes, a successful screenwriter, director, and producer who gave an amazing 2014 Dartmouth commencement speech (her alma mater).
The moment she stated that succeeding necessitated failing, I knew she was speaking the truth. Have you heard the term work life balance? Do you know what it means?
I’m with Ms. Rhimes, it means while one thing is suffering (hopefully temporarily) the other thing flourishes, and hopefully you realize in time to run to the other side of the teeter totter before temporarily means you’ve completely ruined either thing.
Her daily mantra was exactly what I needed on a particularly difficult day, and so I …wake up every single morning and go, “I have three amazing kids and I have created work I am proud of, and I absolutely love my life and I would not trade it for anyone else’s life ever.”