The balance is sacrifice

I've spent the last week on minimal sleep. Running my own business on one side, working full time for my employer on the other, and neither one got less of me because the other exists.

I'm committed to both causes. The momentum will not slow down. I will succeed at both — and I'll do it while maintaining my relationship with my family, because that part isn't negotiable.

People talk about balance like it's something you find. I don't think it is. The balance is sacrifice: you lose something to gain something. The trick is choosing what you can afford to lose. For me, right now, that's sleep. Sleep slows me down.

I'll catch back up when I can.