I need a balanced life.

I love many things in life. Why not do all of them ?

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For years I tried to understand which activity I would never be tired of doing. By spending so much time on that activity I would eventually be very good at it, if not the best. I was obsessed with specialisation.

The society and social media rewards those who are the best at what they do, through salaries and likes. I wanted that.

I tried lots of activities including sports, music instruments, video making, video game playing, dancing, coding, etc, etc.

After years of experimentation, I finally figured out what’s that fabulous activity to focus on:

None.

I discovered that balancing makes everything enjoyable.

I discovered that I don’t care about the number of likes on social media, nor having the highest payroll.

My ideal day would contain:

• creating: a few but deep work hours, playing music, writing
• exercising: surf, ski, workout, combat sports
• learning: reading a book, practicing a new skill
• socialising: seing friends and meeting new people
• exploring: physical & mental traveling
• resting: because all 5 above are worthless if I’m tired

Some activities join 2 or more of these groups:

• practicing a language with someone groups learning and socialising
• ride a new ski slope groups exercising and exploring
• practicing a song groups creating and learning

I’m building this lifestyle progressively.

I’m on a journey of relative independence from the society:

• fewer but deeper work hours versus regular 9-to-5 praising distractions
• nomad life versus having a fixed home
• etc

It’s a journey of carving my own path.

This is hard, but terribly exciting 😻