I haven’t written anything in a week. That’s because I had an overwhelming feeling of being stressed out and I just needed to step away for a few days. Now, I’m coming back into the swing of things to find a discussion about whether the Gary Vaynerchuk “Crush It” mentality works for everyone.

The ball started rolling with this article from Dumb Little Man and it continued with this blog post by Ben Simons of Vinotology (as well as a little bit of talk on Twitter). Looking back, I feel like the need for balance in my life was screaming at me when I wrote about needing to get away, but I hadn’t fully clued into it yet on a conscious level.

In the past couple weeks, I’ve been trying to do too much. It’s true. The “hustling” model that Gary Vee pumps out constantly doesn’t work for me, but I feel like that’s okay. He tells people to hustle, but to also stay true to their DNA. Well, my DNA tells me that I’ll end up in a psych ward if I keep up the crazy pace that Gary often preaches about.

Because of that, what I’m working on right now is balance, and that’s not just in the blogging arena. Balance is the key to everything that I’m trying to do right now and I’m finding that it’s the hardest part of everything I’m doing. It’s easy to get up and go to work (sometimes work isn’t easy, but that’s the nature of it, right?). It’s easy to write. It’s easy to drink wine. It’s easy to spend time with my boyfriend. It’s easy to hang out on Twitter and talk to awesome people. It’s easy to cook dinner and do laundry. It’s easy to eat better.

It’s just hard getting all of those ingredients in the right amounts. That’s what I’m working on right now. I’m not going to write something everyday, but hopefully if I keep things balanced, I won’t strand you for a week with nothing to read.

Now it’s time to go eat some dinner and then watch some Olympic hockey paired with some wine. It’s okay to be jealous.