Remembering to Play in Business

[Outta Hand]

Sounds pretty hectic!

What kind of tech company are you starting up? It's funny how it all seems to catch up to you... i had the similar experience this late summer/fall where i finally had a little time off and couldn't relax or get my mind off the business and i really started to look at that. I was doing web development and programming and getting a good number of projects in and working fulltime. When September hit i'd finally had enough and knew that something had to change. The development business is very involved and hands-on and i realized that it was like i was working 2 and a half jobs and the stress was just getting to me. I realize that i still want to use technology in what i do but i realized i cannot build a system that revolves solely around me. I knew that it was time for some changes and recently i've been focusing on that. Making money is no fun if you are always stressed out after all... i think that is an important lesson to learn.

I think a good number of people(entrepreneurs/business owners) suffer from this. It seems to be my opinion that when you stop worrying you just start finding things or maybe they find you and fit! Talk soon MissBiz

Luc

Outta Hand,

It was just having three jobs (business editor and columnist for our university paper, working in the university communications department, and being a marketing director for a new company) along with starting a tech company and going to school full time that took its tole on me. I didn;t know it while I was caught up in it.

When summer came and most of it stopped, I kind of went into a little depression, I guess, and I couldn't sleep.

Like I said, it only lasted a few months. I started to walk and run recreationally which REALLY helped. I also read a lot. I stopped stressing out about the future so much by making "plans", and I realized that most people who are graduating soon are all in the same boat - and unsure about what the next few years will bring. I also started another business that allows me to do what I love, and that is business writing/ journalism. I feel like I can take my time with this as it is my own business, and not a partnership.

I am still the business editor for the paper, I am still the marketing director of the start-up company, and I am still going to school full time - but I guess I just stopped taking myself so seriously. I learned to just 'be' I suppose.

[akula]

hahaha sounds like a good excuse to get silly for a few days Akula Awesome none the less.

mmmmm alcohol and walking... could be a good combination Definitely relaxing Daniel!

Lucas

lol, i'm all down for silly

it's a good thread luc

i reckon the starting point for work life balance is a steady girlfriend

i mean....if i wasn't seeing someone, i'd just be working all the time

a good circle of friends helps too

[Outta Hand]

Hello Daniel,

I agree with you on that one... being single and in business is fun for a bit but i've found trying to plan out things for the long run can be tough without a constant in your life, like a solid love interest. Thanks for the compliment about this post

Did a posting on my site about this post too....

http://commercecubes.com/publication...-stressed-out/

Friends do help too... for sure but nothing beats the touch of that special someone! Talk soon Danny!

Luc

[Dan_Colella]

This is so relevant to my life and I would assume every other business person's life. I am a college athlete with ambitions of being a business owner. Sometimes I get caught in the trap of worrying too much about what I am going to do with my business life to realize that I AM A COLLEGE ATHLETE with a chance to go beyond that. I find myself not focusing on the things that I should be focusing on, like playing my sport and having fun doing it. All of these professional aspirations that I have can be put on hold, where the athletic ability I possess is only going to last so long. Sometimes I need to take a step back and put my priorities in order.

Good Post.

[Outta Hand]

Hello Dan,

Sounds as though you're being pulled between two things that you like... Business and Sport. It never hurts to have a good look at where you are in life. If you enjoy what you are doing in life currently i say go ahead, do it and enjoy it. Nothing is constant so doing a little "living for the moment" might help. Cheers Dan and best of luck!

Luc

This is so relevant to my life and I would assume every other business person's life. I am a college athlete with ambitions of being a business owner. Sometimes I get caught in the trap of worrying too much about what I am going to do with my business life to realize that I AM A COLLEGE ATHLETE with a chance to go beyond that. I find myself not focusing on the things that I should be focusing on, like playing my sport and having fun doing it. All of these professional aspirations that I have can be put on hold, where the athletic ability I possess is only going to last so long. Sometimes I need to take a step back and put my priorities in order.

Good Post.