I love to work.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
I love building things, solving problems, creating opportunities, and watching an idea slowly become something real. There\u2019s a certain energy that comes from being in the middle of building something you believe in.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
But there\u2019s a danger in loving what you do.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
It can consume you.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
There is always another email to answer. Another call to make. Another campaign to improve. Another meeting, another idea, another problem that suddenly feels urgent.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
And if we\u2019re not careful, we can become so focused on building a future that we forget to live in the present.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
I\u2019ve learned that time is one of the few things in life we can\u2019t replace.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Money can be made again. Businesses can be rebuilt. Opportunities come and go.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Time doesn\u2019t.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
That\u2019s why work-life balance, to me, isn\u2019t really about working less. It\u2019s about becoming more intentional with the hours we have.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
There are times to put your head down and work hard. I believe in that. But there also need to be times when the phone gets put away, the laptop gets closed, and you are completely present with the people you love.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Have dinner together.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Take the trip.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Get out on the water.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Walk the dogs.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Sit outside and talk.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Call someone you haven\u2019t spoken to in a while.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Create memories on an ordinary Tuesday instead of waiting for some perfect future moment.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Because when we look back on our lives, I doubt we\u2019ll remember most of the emails we answered or the meetings we squeezed into an already packed day.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
We\u2019ll remember the people.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The conversations.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The laughter.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The places we went.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The ordinary moments that, without realizing it at the time, became some of the best ones.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Success matters to me. Building something meaningful matters to me.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
But so does having a life worth remembering along the way.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Manage your time. Protect what matters. And never get so busy building a life that you forget to live it.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n \u2014 Dean Zusmer<\/strong> <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" I love to work. I love building things, solving problems, creating opportunities, and watching an idea slowly become something real. There\u2019s a certain energy that comes from being in the middle of building something you believe in. But there\u2019s a danger in loving what you do. It can consume you. There is always another email…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_kad_post_transparent":"","_kad_post_title":"","_kad_post_layout":"","_kad_post_sidebar_id":"","_kad_post_content_style":"","_kad_post_vertical_padding":"","_kad_post_feature":"","_kad_post_feature_position":"","_kad_post_header":false,"_kad_post_footer":false,"_kad_post_classname":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[7,5],"tags":[29,24,25],"class_list":["post-227","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-growth","category-relationships","tag-mindset","tag-personal-growth","tag-perspective"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/deanzusmer.com\/journal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/227","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/deanzusmer.com\/journal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/deanzusmer.com\/journal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/deanzusmer.com\/journal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/deanzusmer.com\/journal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=227"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/deanzusmer.com\/journal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/227\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":228,"href":"https:\/\/deanzusmer.com\/journal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/227\/revisions\/228"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/deanzusmer.com\/journal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=227"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/deanzusmer.com\/journal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=227"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/deanzusmer.com\/journal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=227"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
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