Balance...

Being a developer with family is like trying to joggle with several balls  in the air. When one falls down the whole show is ruined.

In the past few days I was engaged in an activity at the local Waldorf school and I had to put work aside. Thankfully I work in a position where you have a chance to be flexible...in this case I decided to make up for the lost hours in the evenings and in the coming weeks...partly because I have eaten up my vacation days...but also because I need to feel that this is not vacation yet. The tasks were not delayed, and I managed to close all my Jira issues so everything seemed to be fine...besides the missed daily meetings.

Spending time with my family is a great thing and maximising this time is an important benefit, this type of job offers, besides the monetary remuneration...of course.

But on the other side...I love what I do and not being able to do it for a longer time creates a certain stress ... and I feel out of balance.

The planned vacations...those two weeks when you close shop...are the ones when I completely disconnect from work...and focus on resting and maximal enjoyment of life. In that period the balance is kept by other things...work is not part of the formula.


Things need to stay in balance...regardless what you do. Too much of something will affect the other areas...and things will fall apart.