Like pieces of a puzzle, the many different aspects of your
being come together to form the person that you are. You work and play, rest
and expend energy, commune with your body and soul, exalt in joy, and feel
sorrow. Balance is the state that you achieve when all of the aspects of your
life and self are in harmony. Your life force flows in a state of equilibrium
because nothing feels out of sync. While balance is necessary to have a
satisfying, energetic, and joyful life, only you can determine what balance
means to you.
Achieving balance requires that you assess what is important to you. The many
demands of modern life can push us to make choices that can put us off
balance and have a detrimental effect on our habits, relationships, health,
and career. In creating a balanced lifestyle, you must ascertain how much
time and energy you are willing to devote to the different areas of your life.
To do so, imagine that your life is a house made up of many rooms. Draw this
house, give each part of your life its own room, and size each room according
to the amount of importance you assign to that aspect of your life. You can
include family, solitude, activities that benefit others, healthy eating,
indulgences, exercise and working on self. You may discover that certain
elements of your life take up an inordinate amount of time, energy, or effort
and leave you with few resources to nurture the other aspects of your
life. You may want to spend less time on these activities and more on
the ones that fulfill you.
A balanced lifestyle is simply a state of being in which one has time and
energy for obligations and pleasures, as well as time to live well and in a
gratifying way. With its many nuances, balance can be a difficult concept to
integrate into your life. Living a balanced existence, however, can help you
attain a greater sense of happiness, health, and fulfillment.
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