Just wanted to keep processing my New Years Resolutions. One of my resolutions was not checking work-related emails on my day off. I’m 3 for 3 in 07.

Can’t even put into words how important it’s been for me to have that work boundary in place. I just feel like I’ve been able to be at home when I’m at home. Those of us who are occupationally-driven face a danger: work becomes home and home becomes work. This self-imposed limit is keeping me calibrated.

Another self-imposed limit in 07 is 30 nights on the road speaking at conferences. I think I was on the road about 45 nights last year and I felt like it was too much for our life stage as a family. It’s takes a toll. This is a tough one because I really want to accept every invitation to speak. And I feel bad saying “no.” But I feel like this self-imposed limit will keep things in balance.

Part of the reason I’m being so intentional about these boundaries is that I feel like I’ve really failed in this area over the past year. But I feel like I’m turning a corner with a few of these self-imposed limits.