I should be catching up on lawyering this morning, but a fine thinker-lawyer-blogger just sent me an enlightening article. Work-life balance is an issue we’ve made fun of a lot at this blog; don’t worry, we’ll continue to do that. To me, W-L balance is a “concept” (1) stifling verve, passion, creativity and achievement, (2) ignoring that good and great things are hard-won and (3) advanced by people who really don’t like what they do all day. Still, our blog, What About Clients? likely failed to pick up on the better threads of the “issue”:
For me, the point is and always has been making my/your life a work of art. That’s it. If you think there is something selfish or grandiose about that, fine. Art is intended to make sense of our world and our selves. First, though, what life–indeed, what world?–do you want? Have you even made that choice? Choose your life. That’s the hard part, especially if you need to change it (it’s not supposed to be easy).
And then fill in the blanks. Blood, family and relationships for most of us will be the priority, and a major complexity, in the life canvas. Whoa, you don’t even choose all those people. You struggle, you grow,