Life has weight.Carry it well.
A meaningful life has weight.
- Marriage.
- Fatherhood.
- Work.
- Ambition.
- Responsibility.
- Faith.
- The people we love.
- The things we’re trying to build.
The goal is not to carry less.
It’s to learn how to carry it well.
Living Ballast is learning to carry the weight of a meaningful life without losing yourself in it, or letting its weight spill onto the people you love.
Build the life you want.Don’t miss the life you have.
How can I work hard to build a great life without missing the life I’m working so hard to build?
This isn’t about becoming someone else.
It’s about becoming more fully yourself while carrying everything life asks of you.
- Ambition and Presence
- Responsibility and Freedom
- Rest and Action
- Gratitude and Growth
- Strength and Vulnerability
- Work and Family
- Discipline and Enjoyment
- Love and Self-preservation
Rest without quitting. Gratitude without complacency. Ambition without obsession. Responsibility without panic. Love without losing yourself.
What if the life you’re working so hard to build is already happening?
Living Ballast is a growing collection of ideas, stories and practices about carrying a meaningful life well.
I’m not writing from the finish line. I’m writing from the middle.