Finding Balance When You Have a Smartphone and Engage in Social Media

I’ve recently found myself hooked on the Netflix series “One Day”. The nostalgia of life in the 1990s lured me in, and now I can’t get it out of my mind. There’s one scene (it’s ok, no spoilers, I’m still only on episode 4), where two friends are at a restaurant while on holiday inContinue reading “Finding Balance When You Have a Smartphone and Engage in Social Media”

What to Expect from ‘A Fine Balance’

My mind is attuned like a radar these days to pick out the word “balance” when I see or hear it. So when I saw an article in the weekly newsletter of Jason Feifer, editor in chief of Entrepreneur magazine, with the heading “The Imperfect Balance”, it jumped out at me. It read as affirmingContinue reading “What to Expect from ‘A Fine Balance’”

New Year, New Podcast Season – Coming Soon

How do you define what your “work” means to you? Is it a means to an end, a function that enables you to pay the bills? Is it something that identifies who you are to the outside world? Is it what drives and excites you? Maybe it’s a mix of all of the above, orContinue reading “New Year, New Podcast Season – Coming Soon”

Fatherhood and the Pursuit of Balance

For what it’s worth, 57½ : 42½ is the combined work:life ratio of all the fathers I’ve interviewed on the blog and podcast, A Fine Balance. Each of these fathers balances their fatherhood with their work and other relationships and interests in their lives differently. There are no rights or wrongs. Just a personal andContinue reading “Fatherhood and the Pursuit of Balance”