Day 56: Balance

So here is the thing, I was bought up in a family that worked hard. My dad held three jobs and my mum was a collector for a pathology company. You could say that this work ethic runs in my blood. I don't want to, can't or am unwilling to switch off. You decide......I can see the flip side, you have to make time for family, to have one etc but it's just not me at the moment nor do I ever think it will be me.
So the obvious question, Do you regret it or are you nuts ? The truth, is yes there are some points at which I think I am going to be old and alone one day and have nothing. These times are few and far between but when they are there I can't help think what if ? However, I have an overwhelming desire to do what I love and what makes me happy. The truth is my chosen career makes me happy. I don't think that I will do the same job forever and I think that I will continue to reinvent myself in my chosen craft to keep it a challenge......Someone once wrote
 " To acquire balance means to achieve that happy medium between the minimum and the maximum that represents your optimum. The minimum is the least you can get by with. The maximum is the most you're capable of. The optimum is the amount or degree of anything that is most favorable toward the ends you desire."........................What I will say is that I am in bewildered awe of someone who like my friend can managed three children under seven, have a career, and still be happy. I just can't........