The hardest pill to swallow!

The hardest pill for me to swallow isn't just the pill/pills that I take every morning, it's the fact that I have to embrace a new normal in every aspect of my life.  No more obsessing about how much money I can make or what I have to do to close new business this week. No, my new normal is worrying about what I can do to help someone this week. This is my new normal and it makes me completely happy. But, this realization is a challenge for me to embrace at times. My life for the past 26 years has been all about the next deal, customer support for IT clients, how my high school photography students are doing in my class, how I'm going to make enough money to afford the exorbitantly high cost of living that I had to pay in the Washington DC area. But, this is what I signed up for after I moved from the sleepy village of Churchland Virginia to the fast-paced, high stress world of Northern Virginia. The cost of living up there seems almost mythical to the people that have known me for most of my life. In fact, I often feel like I'm coming off like a spoiled brat when speaking with new friends that I meet on a daily basis. That lifestyle has been my normal for almost half my life, but things need to change. If I was to continue on living the lifestyle that I have a lived for so long I would most likely end up suffering from another stroke. Life now is all about balance. The balance between success, happiness and health. My measurement for success looks totally different than it did three years ago and that's OK. It's so much better for me to find happiness and fulfillment in the things that truly matter in life. So, I challenge you to find happiness and fulfillment in the things that truly matter in life. It's so much better for your health and sanity!