Would we find time for our true calling? Would we learn to prioritize Deep Work and all the benefits it contains? Would we forgo Twitter to write a book? Would we let go of expectation? Would we trade the unattainable “perfect” for the tangible realization of “good”? All the best parts of my life have come from chucking balance and all it’s B.S.

What would our lives look like if we abandoned the pursuit of balance completely? Watch any young child absorbed in solitary play and you will see it there. When we are completely immersed in the thing, in the doing, in the work itself, we find the flow and hover there, suspended. Weirdly, when I let go of my pursuit of balance, the SENSE of balance comes. That means imperfection, that means letting things go, that means abandoning expectations.įor me, that means leaving laundry for lambing, burning down my ideals of success, failing over and over and OVER and starting again anyway. If we really want to sink deeply into a calling, if we want to say YES wholeheartedly to our life’s purpose, we must say NO to all the rest. To our goals, to our passion, to the work itself. To live our best lives, to find that sweet spot of fulfillment, satisfaction, joy – we must surrender completely. To do work that is meaningful, that will fill your heart up and that might even change the world – that requires the opposite of balance. I do work that is purposeful and fulfilling. I quit the rat race, ran screaming from my cubicle, never looked back.

Now let me tell you why thats bullshit