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Hi, this is Kaisanga and I welcome you this Friday to Radio Headspace. So first I want to take

a mindful moment to wish a special person in my life a very happy birthday. It's me,

happy birthday to me. Today is indeed my birthday and so I was thinking about the special days

of the year and how I have a cousin in real estate who posts about how each day has some

special relevance. So for instance, there's a national cupcake day and one of my favorites

a national meditation day. And so one of these national days that caught my attention is

National Workaholics Day. This year it actually fell on July 5th. This National Day is meant

to remind everyone to find more harmony between their work and their home life. So I actually

asked myself, hmm, am I a workaholic? And then I asked, do I allow myself to take purposeful,

extended pauses from work, i.e. a vacation? And then I thought about the importance of taking

one. So growing up, one of the mantras that was instilled in me is work hard, play hard,

but you have to work hard first. And so I just always developed a work ethic where I kind

of just grinded it out. This was through high school, college and grad school, both times.

But I feel like I was able to also harmonize it with having fun too. These days I have live

in work play monitors in the form of my lovely daughters and wife. So let me explain.

Last month we decided to take a beach vacation to the Outer Banks of North Carolina. Beautiful

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