Hierarchy is better than “Balance”
We’ve been sold a lie about “balance.”
Everyone’s chasing work-life balance like it’s the holy grail.
But when you’re juggling multiple roles — parent, business owner, partner, human — balance doesn’t work.
Why? Here’s what Amanda Goetz says:
Balance means equality—equal weight. And nothing about real life is equal.
In the morning, I’m not half-work, half-dad. I’m fully in dad-mode because that role demands the most of me at that time.
Yes, sometimes an email sneaks in. But I know the hierarchy:
Parent first. Everything else after.
Trying to be equal parts good parent and good worker?
That’s a losing battle.
Hierarchy beats balance.