A balanced life – can we achieve our goals and enjoy life at the same time?
We often have the feeling that we can either achieve our goals or enjoy life. Having both in our lives, a.k.a. having a balanced life is difficult. We feel like we can’t be a hundred percent fulfilled in both departments.
If you’re like most people, you probably think that only other people can have them both, who are super extraordinary, and you feel that you don’t fall into the mix. Today, the demands of work, career, education, family, and homeownership seem to take priority over enjoyment. We schedule relaxation time as a once-a-month outing or even an annual vacation. However, even those pleasures seem to be filled with work.
Are you waiting for retirement to enjoy your life? Many people feel as though they are waiting for life to happen rather than creating the life they want.
Creating a balanced life
If you think about being balanced, you might imagine a seesaw or an old fashioned balance in the position of being directly balanced in the middle. When it goes up or down it’s out of balance. It needs an effort to keep it in the middle position and it only stays in the there when the weights on the two sides are perfectly matched.
Life works similarly. There are ups and there are most certainly downs. Sometimes you might feel as though you just want to jump off the seesaw and lay on the ground for a little while to just gain your equilibrium back.
