What is balance and how
does one achieve it?
It seems as though balance
(often discussed as an end result) means different things to different people
at different points in their lives.
There are those that
believe balance (some type of loosely defined harmony or optimization) results
when they mix various ingredients (opposites, competing needs, aspirations) in
equal parts (50% X + 50% Y).
Other people define
balance according to some static formula (25% X + 50% Y + 25% Z).
I find these methods
clumsy, limiting, and way too structured!
The proportions change.
The ingredients change.
The desired results
change.
The whole process is
fluid.
The only constant is you.
But not really – because
you’re changing too!
Sounds like fun to me, Heather!
You and I have talked about balance a lot. And I am at a point now where I don’t have a balance, but I think the idea of “balance” can ebb and flow based on what your personal goals are. I like trying and starting new things. As par for the course, most start ups take a lot of time and energy in the beginning. But since I am directly benefiting and not some company that could fire me at any moment…I am not resentful of my loss of balance.
And I always have the plan to get the balance back…
I think that I am going to find that I have fits of high productivity with longer periods of balanced work, play and finding the next new adventure.