Hey folks, over at the carnival I missed one entry that got caught in my spam filter.
JaneB at Now, What Was I Doing? muses on how traditional success criteria lead to uneven weight distributions:
The lesson I'm trying to learn this year and next is that when I try to 'play the game' using externally set values for the things I do and am, I will be off balance - the weights of the different parts of my life will be wrongly distributed. It is up to me to recognise the true weight of things, and to distribute them appropriately for efficient and enjoyable carrying.
This is a really excellent entry, do go read it.
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