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How to create balanced life

New job and additional project management responsibilities.International travel for work.Living out of the suitcase.Late night drinks with prospective clients to get new business.Tapas bar dates.Yoga between lunch and tea right inside the office.Screaming toddler ,split cornflakes and milk.Running late for the Pilates class. Everything crumbling around .Time please.I just want to leave all this and go for a holiday in the Bahamas.Pending project report.Buzzing fax machine.Damn!!! This is a snapshot in the life of a single ,middle-aged executive who works for a large corporation ( also a single parent to a toddler) in any large city in the world.She tries her best to meet the demands of those at work, at home and tries to pull time for activities and exercise. The whole collage appears gray and then turns black though. Her intentions about wanting to have a balanced lifestyle with fun and enjoyment along with career progression.Sadly, she is not able to manage it ...

Job or starting up-what would fulfil

Whining These days everybody whines daily about long hours,lack of appreciation , asshole boss, unfair appraisal,inability to maintain work-life balance and the rest. Most announce that I will “fucking quit my bullshit job” and become an entrepreneur and make it big like Steve Jobs or Bill gates. Only these growlings are not followed by any concrete actions to quit the job or startup but is merely a way to let out frustration Evaluating advantages and disadvantages of both: Advantages of Job Stable income Job security Growth opportunities Disadvantages of job Asshole boss Long hours No work life balance No appreciation No projects of choice Advantage of startup Autonomy Building own growth path Rapid growth possible Freedom Disadvantages of startup Beggar like situation in initial phases for founders No guarantee of take off Can be wound up or acquired anytime Low possible effort to reward ratio ...