When Work Feels Like Play: Moving from Obligation to Inspiration in Your Business

About a year ago I turned 40… yep it was a milestone birthday and when I eventually got over the “OMG! I’m 40!” thing, it hit me…

I’ve always believed I’m superhuman (still do) but the truth is I’m also only human.

For years and years — literally decades — I’ve been hustling my butt off. It’s been “go, go, go, go, go” and I’ve been working 10, 12, even 15 hours a day.

And yes, hustle gets you places but now I see that it’s also so important to build rest and play into your business.

When you do, you can come from a place of rejuvenation, resourced juiciness and creativity.

You’ll have the focus, energy and inspiration you need to grow your business and enjoy every moment.

And when you have these different ways to rest and to play — whether it’s time in nature, vacation time with your family, whatever it is that you love to do — you’re going to have SO much more to give.

It’s taken me 41 years, but now I realize that the business I’m interested in building as I move forward, doesn’t require me to work almost nonstop and burn the candle at both ends.

The business I want to build, the business that feels good, gives me the space I need to rest and play on one hand and work and hustle on the other.

So, in an ideal situation you’re not just taking time off to rest and rejuvenate but you’re actively building play into the center of your business.

You’ll be called forth and forward into your work and you’ll have that charge and that enthusiasm and motivation for your work.

You’ll be on fire and everyone will look at you and say, “I want that!”

So, what do you enjoy doing? What fuels you? What gives you life and energy so you can give more to everything else — your business, your co-workers, your family, your friends?

These days, if I’m going to take on any project or do any kind of work, I’m coming from a place of inspiration.

And when you come from inspiration not obligation, you’re building your business not because you should not because you have to but because you want to and that changes the game.

Let’s ditch obligation and start building our business out of love, play, rest and inspiration.

What are 2 or 3 ways that you can recharge your batteries and flip the switch mentally so work feels like inspiration not obligation? How you can shift the way you look at your business so it no longer feels like work… it feels like play?

Share your thoughts in the comments 🙂