John!

Love the margin analogy... buffer is so important and yet sometimes the most challenging thing to do.  Really, for me, it's about making choices that are aligned with my priorities and passions (like your list of passions and your community commitments - wonderful!).

Priorities and passions need to be written down and verbalized to help us stay focused on them. So when opportunities come up, we check our priorities first to help make a decision - a strategy used by many successful businesses to stay profitable... and help us create profitable margin in our own lives!

A great post to start my day, John!  Thank you.

Sonia