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June 2015. It was my second time at EDC. I told my friends to wait for me, because I wanted to get closer to the stage. This was unusual of me, but maybe I was compelled to see Galantis or Above & Beyond up close. Halcyon days.
The crowd was thick. I took a deep breath and waded through the ocean of gyrating bodies. ’Scuse me. Coming through. Sorry.
At many points I thought of turning back. But every now and then, I’d hit an unexpected patch of space. Available dance floor that I couldn’t see from where I standing before.
Suddenly I was right in front of the stage. The visual was amazing. The sound was deafening. I turned to my side, as if to exclaim to my friends can you believe this? But of course, no one was there.
This random memory taught me that without going deep enough, I’d never know for sure.
What does this have to do with balance?
I’ve often tried to balance all the things I wanted to do in life, without actually going deep enough in any one of those things.
I’ve experienced this deeply in my career. I’ve been messing with blogs for over a decade. But somehow I got it in my head that…
