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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 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 self-care. 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 you have 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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