Our community is filled with hard-working, high achieving entrepreneurs and creatives and so work-life balance is a complicated, but highly relevant topic. We’ve shared some responses from the community about work life balance and how their views have evolved over time below.

The Allegorist – artist name Anna Jordan – real name | Holistic Artist and Electronic Music Storyteller

I believe balance is vital, in both micro and macro perspectives. It’s easy to observe in nature that everything navigates towards a balanced state in a healthy setting. Everything will break and disappear sooner or later if it is out of balance. For instance, living in an unbalanced way can easily affect our health in a bad way. There is also a spiritual aspect to what balance means. Purely rational thinking won’t get us there. I think today’s society forgot about it and we have to reclaim that true wisdom. Read more>>

Madelyne Dawson | South Florida Maternity, Newborn and Family Photographer

This is something that has been on my mind a lot lately. I’m a mama of 2 littles – a 3 year old spunky girl and a 10 month old sweet, wild boy. I recently quit my teaching job to go full time with photography. With that, I also scaled back childcare so I could spend more time with them during the week. As I grew my business, it became harder to find time to work. My most productive hours are late at night when the kids are sleeping and during their naps. Lately, I’ve found myself answering emails or getting a few photos edited while they are awake – I noticed myself turning down opportunities to color or play house. Read more>>

Brandon Clarke | Artist

I feel like I signed up to be apart of the Harlem Globetrotters. Not only am I an artist, but I am also a husband, a father to three children, and I still practice in the field of architecture! It takes discipline and sacrifice to perform all those things well. The scariest part of it all was to believe in myself. “What happens if you fail,” was always present in my mind. However, passion overtook those emotions which allowed me to move forward with my goals. Read more>>

Samir Marable (Frescoskillz) | Content Creator & Streamer

Balance is something not a lot of people can accomplish. With balance comes self-discipline which is difficult when it’s only yourself. When Starting this journey overall I put so much time into it that I couldn’t enjoy the other things I love to do. Over time as everything began to take off, I realized I needed to create that balance so I don’t burn out. Read more>>

Gerardo Escudero Samara | Author, Entrepreneur, Speaker, Coach

This is a really hard topic for me to talk about. It touches tremendously my pain points.  Since I was born, I moved to other countries every 2-3 years because of my father´s job back then. So, I was used to leave behind: friends, culture, language, traditions, relationships, home. This is something I want to talk about even though it is very difficult for me because it shaped my personality and helped me become who I am. Although it was harsh, I have developed core attributes and skills like tenacity, the agility to adapt over time to radical changes, to endure hard times, and be resilient. Read more>>

Kimberly Gordon | Executive Chef/Owner

I am a true Libra at my core…we are represented by the scales. I balance everything in my life as much as I possibly can but those scales can tip back & forth. It is extremely important to me to never get so out of balance that I tip over in any direction. Read more>>