How do we make money with a sense of check and balance? How do we curb our ambitions so we can relax and rest a bit?
Last week I was in Cincinnati and staying with my business partner’s family. Her gorgeous (giant) one year old twin boys were crying one night and I decided to be a ‘good person’ and relieve my hosts of the duty. Trying to figure out how to carry two 28 pound babies at once was the first task – turns out they are both so in tune with one another they just wait their turns and immediately quietened in consternation as I cooed and ahh’d at them. 24 hours later I was on a plane back to Manhattan and I had immediate recollections of my other business partner’s horrific journey back from Austin one year when he’d had too much of a party the night before. The poor man looked like a very skinny sweating Shrek. God was he ill, and I gave him a hard time. Anyway, I now felt how he looked and had some remorse at my strong belief in karma. Short story long was I had contracted the twins rota virus (rota rooter got its branding from this virus I believe) — it keeps you married to the bathroom for up to 5 days straight. Not a fun experience at all – disgusting and deadly boring. I am just coming out of it and feel a profound sense of change coming over my entire being (not just the 5-10 pounds I lost either) I had a lot of time to think during these past five days.
I thought of the 2 flights I take on average each week criss-crossing the country as if I was Verizon itself. I thought of the amount of times I actually get to sleep at home — the amount of time I get to see my own family and community. Results were rather pathetic.
We all know this and I want to walk my talk better: Problem solving/Making Money is absolutely stupid unless there is balance thrown heavily into the equation.
Besides:
1) I love sustainability thinking and doing
2) I adore Skype
3) Isn’t all this social media strategy work I do meant to help all this new virtual way??
4) Finally, I am Zimbabwean for goodness sakes — we love to play and we love our sense of belonging.
Even though I am no longer contagious, I have canceled my flight tomorrow, and decided the next one will be only when I go to www.ted.com — the event of the year I truly enjoy, along with www.urbanzen.com forums – they are the ones when I really feel like a giant kindergarden child on speed.
I do hope you are balancing your life, and if so I look forward to learning more from you on how to do it better.
Be well, and thank you for checking in. -c
You lost more weight that i did on a 14 day juice cleanse!
Not the point I know, but just wanted to share where my sick little mind went.
I know someone who will be very happy you are going to be on a plane less than normal.See u next week.
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Whatever it was you had sounds like it lead to some great discussions with yourself in that head of yours. Thanks for the as always entertaining stories!
Well Ms Munn you are VERY funny after contracting a nasty virus… feel better!