Having sufficient down time allows us to rejuvenate and refocus. Balanced relationships are a circle of giving and receiving.įinding a balance between rest and activity creates emotional, mental, and physical balance. Having a support system is important and makes us feel cared for and loved. Making time for friends and family creates balance in our personal lives. Sufficient sleep is also necessary for our bodies to revitalize and feel refreshed. What does balance look like?Įating nutritious foods, hydrating, and finding time to do some form of physical exercise on a routine basis creates physical balance in our bodies. You have the power to create harmony between your responsibilities and finding time daily to do things that bring you pleasure, personal fulfillment, and rejuvenation. The balance has to be within you.” Creating balance is a choice, it means that no matter what life throws at you, or what you do or don’t get done, you maintain an inner sense of peace – a calm in the midst of chaos.Ĭreating a balanced life means making time for the things you have to do, as well as the things you want to do. Sadhguru, an Indian yogi and author, reminds us that, “There is no such thing as work-life balance. New flash: No one does, especially now, and that’s ok! For many women, it likely feels impossible to balance all that life throws at us on a given day on top of our basic responsibilities, not to mention all the extra punches quarantine life has added!īut what if balance isn’t something you have or find? What if, instead, it is something you create – something that is within you? Raise your hand if you have it all together all the time…
That's balance.Are you ready to find your balance? Is finding balance impossible? What's most important is not how much weight one person carries at any given time, but how you interact with one another, drawing from and giving energy to each other. But if you're not carrying your share, you won't get balanced either. The keyword here is interactive-if you're bearing all the weight, you can't get balanced. Imagine a balancing act that involves not only individual strength, but interactive support.
In his book The Effective Executive, Peter Drucker talks about the importance of setting goals, deciding which are most important, and then, doing the most important things first. As long as we keep practicing finding balance, we will find one. You often hear the comment that it’s good to fail-it means you were trying. I love that many yoga teachers talk about yoga as a “practice”-the goal is not to become great at it, but to keep practicing it. Rather than trying to stay balanced, think of yourself as practicing balancing, over and over again. Balance often occurs only for a fleeting moment, but it can reappear over and over again. Being balanced does not mean being calm, relaxed, and content all of the time.
Keep in mind that, as Bacharach tells us, balance is not a final goal, but an ongoing process.