I need a balance in my life! Stop the madness and create a balance in your life that is gratifying to you. The balance is how much of anything you’re doing on a day to day, week to week basis. What do you want out of your life? A successful career, happy family, happy life?
Time to evaluate
Most would like to have all of these, but the tricky part is that it’s hard to give 100% to each of these. Based on this knowledge it’s important to assess yourself and see what you value most and how to manage each area. At that point, you can create a plan on how to accomplish each in a manner that will be healthy.
Creating a balance in your life is very important for your mental and physical health. The balance is different for everyone based on wants and needs. A lot of times people will completely focus on one area and by default neglect the others. Over time this neglect and lack of balance create unhappiness. So much time can go by neglecting the other areas of your life that you wanted and you have no clue how it all went down.
Balance is key
I probably did this most of my life and had no clue why I was discontent with myself. Many will work their fingers to the bone to get to a certain career or financial goal and never take the time to do things with their family, friends, or themselves. It does take hard work to accomplish anything in life, but do take time for the other areas you want. This is the balance. The balance that you create will truly make you happy and feel rewarded.
Accomplishing a balance may be more difficult than expected. A good strategy to create balance is to gauge how much time you have. You need a consistent income (passive or direct) to be able to afford the day to day expenses so working is a primary one in my opinion. That work should be something you are happy with. Nothing worse than going to work daily and be miserable. Start with a good understanding of what it will take to accomplish each area. Be realistic.
Understanding what you value
Prioritize what has more value to you. If you want to travel to different places with your loved ones and you don’t earn a lot then a realistic approach would be to cut expenses and costs to be able to afford to do that. Paying off vehicles, minimizing the cost of debt and expenses monthly could be planned in a manner that can be beneficial to your balance.
On the flip side, you could be earning a lot of money and that’s not an issue for you but time to be able to enjoy things is. Evaluate what time you have leftover after your work and see what you can do with it to achieve your balance.
For many in the US time off is rare and therefore they aren’t able to do the things they want. The big issue here is that people settle for the belief that they don’t have the ability. They do have the ability but chose differently. Choosing to work excessively and not enjoy other areas of your life can only go so far before regrets start creeping up.
Vacationing is just an example of how you could contribute to your balance in life, but not everyone has the desire to do it. I personally enjoy traveling and seeing beautiful scenery. The balance you create should be an important part of your world. Balance to create wholeness and completeness within yourself!
Conclusion
Take the necessary time to create a healthy balance for your life that you will be happy with. You should reevaluate your balance regularly so you don’t lose track of your desired direction.
Make a plan, stick to the plan and always deliver!
Figure it out now and do it before time goes by.
