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      <title>Tech-life balance</title>
      <dc:creator>Joel Samoita</dc:creator>
      <pubDate>Tue, 10 Feb 2026 14:47:36 +0000</pubDate>
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      <description>&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Well&lt;/strong&gt;, it's about time we revisited this subject. I mean, with all  that makes one '&lt;em&gt;complete&lt;/em&gt;' in human sense; the economic, physical , social and spiritual life. Consider how difficult it has been to achieve success in all those segments.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Is there need to meet all those needs? Does happiness or satisfaction only come when all these are met?&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Does one derive his life purpose simply from the work he does?&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;I must stop all this seemingly existential questions. For I do not have in this prologue, the answers. &lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Life aside from work has it's fair share of KPI's. A '&lt;em&gt;failure&lt;/em&gt;' in one of the aspects that encompasses the well-being of an individual, affects the others to some degree. Consider cases of tragic illnesses, death of a family members and depression. We have all been there.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Remember of a time when life circumstances greatly affected your work. &lt;br&gt;
How did you navigate the challenges?&lt;/p&gt;

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