Balance by Lori Crock

Balance

Please welcome Lori Crock from Written Impact, a Dublin based marketing firm. As a mother, wife and business entrepreneur, Lori reflects on achieving balance between work and fitness. Please visit theWritten Impact blog for more posts from Lori Crock and her team.

Thank you Angela for allowing me to guest blog on your site!

Balance: finding it, keeping it and making it a priority can be tough when you are an owner of a small, startup business.

I am founder of Written Impact–a small marketing team in Dublin, Ohio who serves other small businesses and non-profits with creative and affordable marketing, writing, web and social media services.

In the past year, since our children have gone off to college, my inclination has been to work more than I do anything else.

However, being a workaholic is not my true nature. I do really enjoy running a business though; it is exciting, intellectually stimulating and it connects me with so many great new people. This entrepreneurship thing has become, well, addictive.

So what did I do to achieve balance? For a long time, nothing. But now I am exercising.

My husband convinced me to join a gym and work out with a strength coach, Jeff Turner of Fit2Play. It has opened my eyes to the possibilities of enjoying life even more. Lifting weights takes me away from my computer in the morning and gives me new goals, new focus, and happily, a new obsession that makes my body feel good.

As hubby and I work out with our coach, we laugh, talk and energize for the day ahead. The activity relieves stress and reminds me to be thankful for this human body that can at least minimally stretch, lift, run and jump–and that is truly a blessing.

What else am I doing to achieve better balance? Reading for pleasure. Praying. Volunteering. Cooking on weekends. Visiting my children. Speaking to groups. Spending care-free time with hubby and friends — and hopefully relaxing with some Celtic Naturals products now that I know about Angela and her business.

Finding balance helps us become happier and more productive — and I hope it helps me  become a better business person too.

“Happiness is not a matter of intensity but of balance, order, rhythm and harmony.” ~Thomas Merton

So what are you doing to achieve balance in your life?