Work and Life

I just read K.B.'s most recent entry, and I want to respond.

It's just back to this blogging = whining trap that I think I fall into. K.B. doesn't do that; I do that.

I love working!! When she says she was up and working at 6 am and loving it, and I just want to say that when I was up at 6 am working, I was loving it too! There has been absolutely nothing in my life more exciting and stimulating and interesting that starting a business. Right now in my life, there's not a lot of reason for me to be up at 6 working, which I'm really, really grateful for. But when there was, I was happy doing it.

I just can't be in the start-up stage forever, and I think my psychology wants me to do that, so I have to be careful. It comes back to the concept of dharma. If I'm in dharma, there's no difference between work and love and life. It's all the same. There is no workaholism and no exhaustion, there's just living and doing what I'm called to do.

That's what I'm after, and usually when I'm working really long hours, it feels like dharma. It's just life, and I love it. Work and friends and relationships and fun all weave together.

I was walking the dog this morning at the Marina and I walked past the line of cars waiting to pick up car poolers. I used to wait in that line, and picking people up marked the beginning of my work day, the beginning of a long commute. My work life was completely separate and distinct from the rest of my life.

It's not so now. Now I'm walking the dog in my pajamas, enjoying a beautiful morning on the Bay, sipping Peet's coffee. I have my phone, and as I walk, I shoot off a couple emails, maybe I make a phone call or two. Is that multitasking (tsk, tsk), or is that enjoying life while I get a couple things done?

I'll take it this way and sorry if I sometimes slip into whiny moments!