(Diary) I try to keep everyone happy. Most of the time it works. Not always. Som

(Diary)
I try to keep everyone happy. Most of the time it works. Not always. Sometimes something has to give. And when it does, most people will understand why if you explain it. But otherwise, it’s a strategy that has served me well in activism, business, and in social life. My primary failing is in relationships, but not for reasons. you’d think. It’s almost always because I work myself into exhaustion, the hospital, and ‘shutdown’ such that it affects my girlfriend, fiance, or spouse. It’s never been for any other reason.
This is why I tell people to moderate their career ambitions if it comes at the expense of relationships.
I have a mission I’ve had since the age of twelve, and the truth is that mission, the one I work at every day, is more important to me than family. This probably disqualifies me for family life. But I always thought I could manage my intellectual ambitions, my entrepreneurial ambitions, and my personal life ambitions.
But it turns out you need to be healthy to do that. 😉 And the one sure way to get unhealthy is working obsessively and carrying the stress until your body decides to rebel.
I hope this does someone good. 😉
Cheers