Because I am no longer forced to be at a work station/area nor required to adhere to a traditional work schedule, all areas of my life have become so much more fulfilling. However, if people see me with my laptop open (no matter where I am), the first question I’m asked is, “Are you working?”
Short answer, probably.
But….what I do for a career, I love, and how I do it, feels a kabillion times better than it ever did. Thank you ROWE. The big difference is I may also be doing stuff for my band, connecting with friends and family, creating content for my blog, or just soakin’ up some electronic information.
However if my laptop is not open in front of me, this does not mean my mind is not open to life, because I am forever thinking about my friends and family, my next blog post, my next gig, and changing the world of work. I’m living and loving everything I’m up to, which includes my career.
Some other cool responses to, “Are you working?”
Joe Longo: “I’m just living.”
Jody Thompson: In a ROWE, you are not working 24/7, you are living 24/7.
James A. Michener: The master in the art of living makes little distinction between his work and his play, his labor and his leisure, his mind and his body, his education and his recreation, his love and his religion. He hardly knows which is which. He simply pursues his vision of excellence at whatever he does, leaving others to decide whether he is working or playing. To him he is always doing both.
Live it up!
