Kevin will never have a mid-life crisis, but if he were to, this would be his choice of vehicle

Nina has always admired (and envied!) Kevin’s ability to lead a balanced life. He is busy as always but exudes calmness and control. He is the quintessential Renaissance Man—somehow self-regulating his stress level by making sure he enjoys his career, hobbies, and family equally.

By no means is it easy for Kevin to take time out to pursue his hobbies and be there for his family this year. On the work front, he has been nominated to serve on a couple of important committees with the company in addition to his “normal” job. In addition, he is also training in Six Sigma by implementing a process improvement project. But still, somehow, (even though Kevin is working 120% vs. Nina’s 50%), Kevin’s gym entry card is well worn since he tries to go to a combination of Karate & gym at least 3 times a week unlike Nina’s new gym membership card which is still nice and shiny due to infrequent use. Nina used to resent this and blame it on the fact that her time was taken up because she does a lot more for the children and family. Although that is still true (according to this author), that’s not the whole answer. The real truth is that Kevin is very disciplined, organized, and self-aware of his needs.

As proof of his Renaissance Man status and zen-like discipline, Kevin recently accomplished some important extra-curricular achievements: 1) With dreams of retiring in this paradise of skiing and chocolate, Kevin finally pushed Nina to complete and submit the family’s application for Swiss citizenship in March. In fact, Kevin was instrumental in obtaining the numerous documents that we needed to submit with our application to prove that we were law-abiding and tax-paying good citizens-to-be. 2) He’s joined Exsila where he “sells” our old dvds for points which he can exchange for other people’s old dvds. We have profited from this venture almost every Friday evening. 3) Not only is he regularly updating his marketing blog, he is also helping the Georgetown Alumni club of Switzerland revamp their own website (hey, Hubby what about revamping our website?) 4) Last but not least, he single-handedly planned the route and drove the family to our first European family vacation by car in the spring. Along the way, Kevin fulfilled his childhood dream of riding on a tractor while kids enjoyed a nice petting zoo in France.