Happy new year! Hopefully everybody had a restful Christmas season and safe new year’s celebrations. I’ve been off work since the Friday before xmas, and have been fortunate to have the opportunity to spend a lot of time with family and friends. I think this time of year brings the opportunity to examine your work-life balance and set goals to improve it over the next year.

With all the free time, it was awfully tempting to sit in front of the computer for hours on end working on various BKE projects, but what opportunities would I have lost with family doing that? I think I made the right decision to completely abstain from the computer for a little while.

I’ll admit, I couldn’t resist checking in from time to time, but I’ve got quite a bit of feed reading and whatnot to catch up on now. I’ve had the opportunity to rediscover some things that get neglected when you spend all day on the computer (including Seinfeld seasons 8 and 9) and other offline activities that I can share with family and friends.

How do you balance time working on your projects and business ventures with home and family life?