Try this experiment: go into your kitchen, then turn on the faucet. Cup your hands under the running water. Now, carry that water across the room. What happens? The water spills everywhere! No matter how hard you try, that water will seep through your fingers…and make a huge mess.
Water needs a container. So does your practice.
Without structure, your work will expand. Work starts to leak into your evenings, your weekends, even your vacation time! Your practice needs boundaries like water needs a drinking glass. Take away the container, and eventually, you’ll burn out.
Stop letting work steal your joy! Decide when you work and when you don’t. Keep work contained at the office, and don’t let it spill into your home life. Effective systems can keep work under control, too, like creating a schedule and sticking to it.
You don’t have to carry water in your hands. Go to the cabinet, and grab a drinking glass.
Ready for a deep dive into system building? Kirk sits down with Miranda Beeson, ACT’s director of education, to discuss how systems are the root of every problem—and the key to every solution. Listen to the full episode here!