[Tristan]

I agree that there must be a balance between work and personal life, but I also believe that this applies directly to working for someone else. The rules change when you are working for yourself and doing what you love to do because then work no longer is work.

I remember a lecture given by Dr. John Maxwell where he was giving a story of Thomas Edison. He said that Edison's wife told him to take a vacation and go someplace he loved. 5am the next morning, his wife found him in the basement of their home working on his inventions and she got mad at him, at which point he interupted her by saying, "This is it! I am where I love to be"

Regardless whether you are an employee or an entrepreneur, the balance comes when you are not sacrificing the other aspects of your personal growth because of that job. If your relationships or your health are deteriorating because of your job, then of course that is not a balanced life.

But if you are passionate about what you are doing, then work no longer becomes work and can't be viewed through this lens. So I guess my final thoughts are do what you love and make sure that all the other aspects of your personal growth are healthy as well and you will be living your purpose.