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Forget about work-life balance. You need to balance the science of success with the art of fulfillment.
"Why should you have to balance two things that you love?"
For as long as I can remember, I've been working on something.
Growing up, I wanted to play college baseball. After doing that for a year, I started setting professional goals for myself and opened a coaching business. And now, years later, I'm still at it. Day after day, putting in the work.
As someone who is no stranger to work, the "work-life" balance talk bores me to sleep. It's too much about balance and not enough about work and life.
Undoubtedly, you will spend some days, weeks, months, and years focusing on work and less on life, and vice versa. And that's okay! It's not a balance; it's a pendulum. It swings back and forth.
Think of the "science of success" as the investment(s) required to become successful – the late nights and early mornings, the years spent honing your craft, and the gritty hours working when everyone else isn't.
And similarly, the "art of fulfillment" as the investment(s) required to become fulfilled – the unscheduled time spent with friends and family, the hours spent journaling and reflecting, and the purposeful investments into experiences that make you feel whole.
The two are not related whatsoever. The skills that make you successful will not make you fulfilled.
As a single 23-year-old trying to make a name for myself in NYC, working from dawn to dusk every day is not unusual. I'm focused on making the most of my time in the city because I know I won't be here forever. I'm hustling; what can I say 🤷🏼♂️
But with that mindset comes the reality that, at times, friendships, romantic relationships, and other fulfilling activities can get pushed to the side or neglected entirely. In these moments, I don't try to balance everything because that's an impossible mission not even Ethan Hunt can accomplish. There are too many things going on to balance. Instead, I try to create harmony.
I've found that when I'm spending more time on the science of success and less on the art of fulfillment (or vice versa), it's important to be honest, transparent, and communicative. That means letting the right people know at the right time what's going down.
Your friends, family, and co-workers will love and appreciate you more if you tell them you're head down grinding for the next three months or need to take a sabbatical and travel the world. It beats ghosting them; if anything, you'll gain more of their respect.
In reality, we're all doing the best we can. But if more people stopped worrying about balancing work and life and started harmonizing the two, I think we'd have less burnout and anxiety about trying to do everything.
Because, at the end of the day, you can't do everything. It doesn't matter who you are.
Till next week 🫡
Keep crushing.
Cheers,
Noah Cracknell
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