Why the Title Work/Life Blur?
This lens will be about achieving happiness and success in both work and life, especially considering the ever escalating pace of life and change today. The lens will be a reflection and compilation of my life’s experience, interests, skills and expertise. As I have become more deeply involved in the work/life arena, I have struggled to find a term that captures, for me, the essence of work/life. Work/life balance doesn’t do it, even though this is a popularly used term. I personally do not believe that work/life balance is achievable in today’s 24/7 knowledge based, creative work environment; at least balance as depicted by a hanging scale with work and life equally distributed to balance the scale. I thought work/life success or happiness came closer, but lacked the catchiness I was seeking. During a teleclass, we were discussing the pace of change at work and in life and the word blur came up in the conversation. It was clearly one of those a ha! moments. The light bulb went off ins
