| I've been out on my Slackline doing my impression of | | | | Grandparents, which meant a lot of driving around |
| a circus performer. Don't laugh, at least a couple of | | | | the countryside. Well worth the effort though; we |
| steps, honest! Google 'Slacklining' and you will find | | | | were all very proud of him and his achievements. |
| some 'real' experts. I got it a couple of Christmas's | | | | All this plus working on the 'business,' phew! |
| back and have been practising ever since; well, when | | | | When I start to consider all the demands on my time |
| the weather has been good, that is. | | | | it becomes a wonder how it all works out. I do |
| The concept of 'balance' within life is an interesting | | | | consider myself a bit of a perfectionist and certainly |
| one. How we each maintain a happy equilibrium | | | | worry about not being able to finish something to the |
| (needed another word for balance) with all the | | | | best of my abilities or on time. |
| various demands on our limited time. We only have | | | | Slightly begrudgingly yet through necessity; I have |
| 24 hours per day to play with, and I for one, | | | | come to realise that you can only do your best with |
| sometimes wish for a few more! | | | | what you have. If that is a few '80% solutions,' all |
| I work from home and am lucky to have a garden | | | | well and good, 80% is far better than 0%! |
| 'shed' for my office, a place to get away from the | | | | I attended an interesting series of lectures about |
| rest of the world and get on with work. When I say | | | | 'Ethos' the other week, one of which was on 'The |
| 'shed' it's actually a fully insulated and powered garden | | | | Ethos of the Special Air Service,' from which the |
| office. Some people have called it Mike's 'Wendy | | | | concept of 'unrelenting pursuit of excellence' was |
| House' but for me it is my 'castle.' | | | | discussed, a trait that certainly does go a long way in |
| By working from home I'm obviously 'closer' to home | | | | describing the attitude of each and every member of |
| life and all the normal demands of a house owning | | | | the unit. |
| family man with two dogs. I'm also in the Territorial | | | | We all have multiple demands on our time, at the |
| Army (Reserves a bit like the National Guard) which | | | | same time, I know we can all pursue excellence in |
| can take up a good proportion of my weekends. | | | | our own way and 'balance' our lives accordingly, 'doing |
| When I can, I get out for the odd training run plus | | | | the best that we can with what we have.' |
| the odd adventure or orienteering race. | | | | Now, back to the Slackline for more practise, next |
| Last week I helped my eldest son move into a new | | | | week it is mastering circular breathing and playing the |
| flat (six loads of my MPV). This week was his | | | | Didgeridoo! |
| graduation ceremony to which we took both sets of | | | | |