“I think balance is for people who don’t know why they’re here.”
This is both a mantra and an Achilles’ heel for me. I am one of those people who are cursed with only wanting to do one thing (write), but also extraordinarily fortunate that I get to do that thing for a living. Work-life balance is a struggle for me, because I don’t think of my work as work. I would do it all the time if I could. With Helena, I tried to write a character who had the same struggle.
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This line reminds me of the song Goodbye Balance.
“Support beams teeter, sway and moan, and your taxi will not take you home. Goodbye balance. Balance always leaves you alone/…
As old as i am I’ve never …