One of the ongoing themes of DeepFUN is that fun is where you find it. Even in the workplace. You may have to look harder, but it's there, and well worth the search. I wrote an article about this for Executive Update called "Discover the Fun of Work" All of which is prologue to a message I received this morning from a wise friend of mine who illustrates another dimension of the work/fun balance:

"My learnings have been both professional and personal. Professional wise,
it's just new techniques and stuff. Personal wise, I've been trying to be
more, uh, I don't know the word is, cool, I guess, or Zen. Trying to enjoy
the simple and fun pleasures in life rather than worrying about where I'm
going next. I tend to get to caught up in advancing myself professionally
and then not taking the time to play guitar, or cook myself a nice meal, or
sit on a dock, etc, etc. I'm trying to correct that. And the funny thing is,
the more time I spend enjoying myself, the more productive I am during the
time I am working... which is an interesting but helpful consequence."

A little food for thought, and hope.