Comments on: De-Compartmentalizing Your Life and the Extinction of Boundaries

By: Should Your Work Be Your Obsession? — Aliventures

Should Your Work Be Your Obsession? — Aliventures — Mon, 22 Feb 2010 14:49:44 +0000

[...] wake up excited to start work. No, I’m not kidding. I eat and breathe what I do. For me, there are no boundaries. And the only way I’ve done that is by being obsessed with what I [...]

By: Miss MatchMaker

Miss MatchMaker — Wed, 30 Dec 2009 06:27:16 +0000

Kudos to you for focusing on being your true authentic self in every portion of your life! I know this can be very challenging, it is something I try to practice as well as teach and it’s not always easy! ~ xoxo

By: Annual Review 2009: Lessons in Life | Nuwomb Creative | Passion Incubator - Renaissance Living in 21st Century

Sun, 20 Dec 2009 02:38:35 +0000

[...] to do here. While I am still not 100% happy with what I do, I made steps towards it and a more meaningful life in [...]

By: Dorota

Dorota — Thu, 10 Dec 2009 06:20:20 +0000

Wow, Jonathan, what a totally awesome article! You are a man of few words, but they are all very deep :)

Dorota

By: Travis

Travis — Mon, 07 Dec 2009 15:06:05 +0000

This is a great article explaining how we could all live more authentically, more congruent, more aligned with who we really are: Love itself.

In order to do that one needs to become whole & integrated first. You can’t have all parts running together (congruence) when you have dissociated aspects of self split off…that is the first job and easily attainable through some very simple & scientific processes.

By: Andrew Fashion

Andrew Fashion — Sun, 06 Dec 2009 21:37:41 +0000

Damn man, you a really good writer, I completely agree. Good article man!

By: Ryan

Ryan — Fri, 04 Dec 2009 17:30:33 +0000

I’ve been succesfuly living a compartmentalized life for years. I see no problem with it. I don’t act different in each compartment like I use to when I was a teen. My compartments for the most part are very separated by physical distance. I deal with and see different people in the different areas such as work, home and church. The thing I never do and only because there is no reason to, is talk about my other compartments to the people of the compartment I’m in. The people don’t know the people in my other compartments so it would be a waste of time. The good thing with the compartments is that when one area goes bad such as me being laid off, it doesn’t affect my other compartments. I just spend more time in my home and church compartments while working at getting a job.

By: Linda Wolf

Linda Wolf — Thu, 03 Dec 2009 22:45:33 +0000

Jonathan, Thank you for your blog and your latest writings – in addition to this post on congruence, which I relate to, and the last one on the fake growth addict – which finally puts a name to something that has been puzzling me for years – I really enjoyed your article on “How to Create a Highly Viral Blog.” In fact, it was perfect reading for me as I started my own blog. I read parts of the article, then worked on my blog title, back and forth. I came up with my blog – Insanely Serene – just before reading #11 on your list: “Be insane…Whatever you do, make it extremely remarkable…You have to be insanely something.” Congruence indeed.

By: apricot’s closet: dark blue. at apricot tea.

apricot’s closet: dark blue. at apricot tea. — Tue, 01 Dec 2009 19:55:08 +0000

[...] Jonathan (my husband) thinks you should de-compartmentalize your life, & live in complete congruence. [...]

By: Ash

Ash — Tue, 01 Dec 2009 16:27:14 +0000

I actually read this the other day, and made a note on my to-do list to go and look up an excerpt from May Sarton’s, “The Rewards of Living a Solitary Life,” and come back to comment, because it reminded me so much of that. The first time I read it, I had a total lightbulb moment.

“Loneliness is most acutely felt with other people, for with others, even with a lover sometimes, we suffer from our differences of taste, temperament, mood. Human intercourse often demands that we soften the edges of our perception, or withdraw at the very instant of personal truth for fear of hurting, or of being inappropriately present, which is to say naked, in a social situation. Alone we can afford to be wholly whatever we are, and to feel whatever we feel absolutely. That is a great luxury.”

As you said, “It’s this kind of fragmentation that chokes your spirit.”

Right on! This is probably one of my top three blog posts I’ve read in a long time. Awesome, Jonathan, awesome.