accountability work

as i have been conscious and adapting to the shifts in my mid-life reassessment, accountability to me has been one of the values coming to the fore. my awareness of my accountability to myself has heightened and my work on that value continues to yield positive results.

most recently, i have been out of balance with some work projects, domestic demands and my personal needs to counterbalance all the output. my new accountability work is that i am regularly disengaging from my email and skype. during the workday hours, i am usually immediately available on email, skype, cell phone. but i see the imbalance that devotion to the e-availability creates. i find myself saying i don't have time to work out or grocery shop or make dinner or whatever the task, because i need to be able to respond immediately to the requests as they arrive in my inbox.

the imbalance is generating disharmony. i am not taking care of me, the part of me that generates the energy and creativity that is my job and is my pleasure. 

so i am stepping away each hour from email for a bit to do what i need to re-energize, re-charge, restore, reset all the positive juices and keep them flowing. even if it's accomplishing domestic chores, they need to get done and they clutter up my mind and eyeline if they get neglected. sometimes i just want to snuggle with my girl zoe, and by gum, i am taking those treasured breaks to do whatever. that's me-time. balance time.

e-balance. something we all benefit from calibrating in this digital life. focusing on accountability to me helps me achieve that e-balance. and in turn, my work and clients benefit as well from more focus, greater productivity and general happiness in the process.

how do you practice e-balance and how has that improved your experience?

liz