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What is real work-life balance?

The real work-life balance is not directly connected with how many hours you work or don’t work. If you feel well-being and internal harmony, you will automatically arrange work life and personal life that are fulfilling.

It is not the number of hours you work, but how well you are present and engaged.

What do you think Sigmund Freud and Zen agree on?

There is an expression attributed to Sigmund Freud, the founder of psychoanalysis, in response to the inquiry: “What is necessary for a person to be happy? The famous response according to Erik Erikson was “to love and to work”.

If material wealth and security were enough for happiness, this would be a happier nation and the rate of suicide and addiction in the United States would not be where it is. Rather than material wealth and security, we as human beings need genuine purpose in order for our bright nature to break through the clouds that make our life less satisfying.

Using artificial intelligence for writing is something I do not believe I will ever do. Here is why:

I like my own expression, or “voice”. I have worked hard to know myself and to express the best, most helpful thoughts, insights, and feelings.

Why allow any other entity to interfere with that?

The opening up of rawness, whether it is loving feelings, hurt or anger, generosity, or loneliness, is an opportunity for growth. Rawness has its own trajectory, and can lead to new and unexpected growth and fulfillment.
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