The curse of doing what you love for work is that it’s hard to separate work from leisure.
Instead of “work vs. life”, a better distinction might be “execution vs. strategy”.
Action vs. thinking.
Some examples I like:
EXECUTION:
My “Morning Flurry”.
Desk, coffee, incense, music.
Action item list. Notifications off.
4 hours of work gets done in 90 minutes.
STRATEGY:
Sit outside. Take a walk.
Read a book. Have a drink with a friend.
Ideas come up. Write them down.
Execute later.
The more intensely you execute, the quicker it gets done, and the more time for thinking.
