Live. Work. Sleep.
I always yearned the work-life balance. These days, I appreciate sleep more. Can't work well if I didn't get enough sleep. Can't enjoy spending the time with loved ones falling asleep mid conversation either.
So now I yearn for the work-life-sleep balance. It's not always the case for me. But I know it's achievable.
My primary purpose is to live (and not just exist) because life was generous enough to grant me another day. I wish to spend it with loved ones and hone my craft. I am to remind myself that I, too, am a loved one. I am most responsible for myself.
I know that If I spend to much living in pleasure, the guilt creeps in. Whispers that say you don't deserve such things.
I work because there are people who need my talents. I like to think that I am generous to give it back to the world. Work gives me that sense of purpose.
I know that when I work too much, and things aren't going as planned, I easily get frustrated. I no longer enjoy it. I begin to hate myself for saying 'yes' to a life where I don't have much control of.
Sleep has been an underrated task in my adulthood. I now appreciate the limits of my body now, even more than before. Living and working takes a lot of energy. So sleep should be one of the priorities, even up to the later stages of life.
When spend too much sleeping and I wake up tired. And I wonder if I ever had any rest at all.
The goal now is to find the balance. Embrace my limits. Start from within.