The work life balance

Balance is a cunning term when you get in close.

You've got balance in the sense of scales - scales of justice, weighing scales;



you've got those sort of mathematical summary balances, like the balance of payments;


and you've got the balance of power type balances - you know half a dozen powers pulling in different directions, and the balance of power being where they end up. Maybe this last one is the moste organic analogy, more like an ecosystem.


So what type of balance is the work life balance? At the moment it feels like a balance of power, an overall characteristic of many different forces pulling in different directions. This is what adds to the spice of life, its diversity and interest. And creates the conditions for links, innovative connections and synergy.



But like many natural systems and cycles, you need some dormant time, when a lot of the stimulation can be assimilated, digested and re-worked. Like leaf mould. Or a compost heap. Or that creative phase called by some 'incubation'.

My next spot of incubation is approaching. And I'm looking forward to it. Just a couple of weeks I think this time. And then it's on with the next spot of river-rafting ...