I'm a little sore this morning from shovelling a lot of snow this week. 

We got hit with our first snowstorms of the year, which we celebrate in these parts because it didn't snow in October. 

Our Canadian winters are the reason that I chose the background image for my laptop:  

It's a picture of a soft, sandy beach ... 

Beautiful waves are rolling quietly onto the shore ... 

It's the kind of place that if you closed your eyes, you'd smell the fresh air and see yourself taking a stroll with your toes in the water and holding your partner's hand - without having a care in the world. 

But I have a problem: I can't see much of that background image! 

You see, I have a cluttered desktop. 

Business has been great this year, but over the year my desktop has become cluttered with business stuff. 

"Cluttered" doesn't describe it.  Almost every available space is filled with files that I've dragged onto there ... Word docs, jpegs, PDFs, MP3's, mov's and more. 

My brother, Matt, who I admit is the "organized twin", almost had a heart attack when he saw my messy desktop. His is nice and orderly, and mine is definitely not at the moment. 

It may not seem like a big deal, but my better half pointed something out to me yesterday. She highlighted how absurd it is to have a beautiful background picture, but not be able to enjoy it.

I've let business growth encroach on the other stuff in my life ... 

What am I saying to myself when I'm blanketing over everything else? 

I posted something in The Coaching Jungle last week about my motto for 2017 ("Work hard/play hard") - pop on over and share your thoughts:  

Cheers,

Marc

PS: I was a guest on the Entrepreneur Decoded podcast this week. I covered as much as I could in that time for how to grow a successful coaching business - here's the link to have a listen: