Since day one, we’ve all been told to find that perfect balance between our work life and our personal life.

Work really hard, but don’t you dare miss dinner.

Be involved in your family’s activities 100% of the time, but don’t you even think about missing a deadline at work.

Many people like to think this is actually doable, but deep down inside we all know it’s not.  If one thing isn’t suffering, then the other is.  That’s just the way the cookie crumbles.  Nonetheless, people still try to find this imaginary place where the two worlds meet harmoniously, perfectly and beautifully.

This place… this perfect place of perfect balance, it’s a thing of fiction.  You’ll never get there.  You’ll never see it.  And, you’ll forever perform a balancing act.

But, hey… would you rather do one thing for the rest of your life? No way.

It’s safe to assume that doing one thing for the entirety of your life is simply not going to happen.  And, it’s probably not something you’d necessarily enjoy either.

A chair is great at being a chair because that’s all it does, that’s all it was created to do and that’s all it’ll ever be… a chair.  But, people aren’t chairs.  We weren’t made to be completely stationary and we most certainly were not made to do one thing.  Even if we desperately tried to only eat, sleep and work, eventually a spouse will fall from the sky, a child will come out of nowhere and a goal or two may even slip in there somewhere.

Because of this, you’ll never be perfect at anything…ever. And, that’s not such a bad thing.

You may be good at some things, great at others and terrible at a bunch of things.  Just know that you’ll never be perfect at any of the things you do—random hobbies, life goals, daily tasks… it’ll never happen.

But, don’t let that get you down.  You chose variety over the mundane notion of doing one thing for the rest of your life.  Raising a child, building a business, traveling the world, learning how to knit—you chose to be pretty good at all of these things instead of being completely perfect at one thing.

Your business may be somewhat successful, your family may be pretty happy, your home may be kind of dirty and, still, you may always struggle to find that perfect balance.  Just remember, though, that you’ll never be as perfect as a chair is at being a chair.