For a brief moment in my past I fell into a 9-5

For a brief moment in my past I fell into a 9-5 job.

And because it was for all the wrong reasons, I began to look for avenues to escape. Weekends at the bar, weeknights in front of the TV, and an occasional extended long trip to a destination.

We’ve all been there. And most of us are still there.

But as we continually separate work from life, neither side wins.

Work becomes a task. It becomes an activity we do to pay the bills, keep the family fed, and sustain the rat race.

At the same time, life becomes mundane. It forces us to find more TV shows to entertain us, it causes us to save vacation days for better trips, and our family settles into a life of monotony.

As personal life battles for the hours in our day, work suffers. We lose track of why we were working in the first place. This mythical concept of work-life balance and the external - not internal - search for happiness gets in the way of our once relentless pursuit of lifestyle advancement.

However, it doesn’t have to be this way.

And it starts with passion. We all have something we’re passionate about.

For me, it’s building software that enhances the lives of others. You may find passion in music, in writing, in science, or in being a parent.

Whatever your passion may be, follow your heart and the universe will find a way to carry you through to a happy, successful life.