Juggling balls, maybe even while standing on
a tightrope is generally a metaphor used for
life and work balance. That image seems
rather precarious as I am neither proficient
at walking on a tightrope or physically
juggling objects. I prefer to think of life
and work balance like creating a meal with many
different courses.
First you have to know what you really want.
From there you sketch out an overall vision
and then break it down to individual courses.
Then you look at what it will take to create
this masterpiece. Do you have all
the ingredients, including time and skill to make
it happen? Based on this assessment you make
adjustments to your overall plan. Is this
ingredient too expensive, do you need to
gain some knowledge to improve a skill, or do
you need to cutback or expand on your plan.
Now it's time to execute. Each course,
based on your plan, has it's own preparation
timing and order within the menu. You can't
serve the main dish before the others, even
though you might begin prepping it first.
Like in your daily life activities,
preparation activities are intertwined and
must be carefully choreographed because a
change in one can effect all the others.
Finally, is what you created acceptable to
you and to those that were on the receiving end
of your efforts? How well did it match your
vision and their expectations?. What would
you do differently next time? This is the
process. What''s cooking tomorrow?
