9: On Not Being Career-Oriented & Finding Balance as a Musician and a Newlywed - Amanda's Story

In this episode, Amanda describes what it’s like to balance working as a musician with everything else in her life, especially her creative pursuits. She talks about the punishing self-discipline typical of musicians, and how she reconciles her inclination to spend her time constructively, with not being “career-oriented”. Amanda touches on the deliberate approach that she and her husband, who one day wish to have children, have taken to set the foundations for the work-life balance they aspire to: one that is flexible and stable. And she touches on how the career choices they've taken in the early years of their marriage have been influenced by their lived examples of growing up in homes with working parents. Amanda was an absolute pleasure to interview. Her enthusiastic and unapologetic take on including hedonism in her work:life ratio was refreshing, and I think she even went on to coin a brand new phrase live on the podcast: "life oriented" (as opposed to "career-oriented"). If you've ever heard that phrase before please do let me know - neither of us had! I hope that as well as enjoying her music, you’ll enjoy listening to what Amanda has to say about work, life and the pursuit of balance, her overarching message being: “Not everyone can be the best of the best. Just be the best you”. https://a-fine-balance.com/2023/02/03/its-official-season-two-of-a-fine-balance-the-podcast-is-live/