The Balance

I am sure you have heard that Balance in your life is so important. Everybody preaches to have balance in your life! Social Life and Work balance. Healthy foods and Junk food balance. Exercise or no exercise balance. Eating at home and eating out balance. Drinking alcohol and not drinking alcohol balance. 

I am here today to confirm the importance of balance in your life. But ultimately you can decide if you need balance or if it’s just a bunch of fluff to add some affirmative motivation to your day! 

 The positive outcomes for creating balance in your life are below!!!

1. Simplifying your life, defining your priorities and decluttering the stuff in your home and life that removes you from truly living life, can give you space, time and freedom. 

2. Building balanced relationships. Having people around you that you like, and trust is one of the best indicators of living a long life. If you are sacrificing relationships like these because you're working too hard, you're clearly not in balance. I have suffered with this one ☝🏽 so I definitely can say you have to balance your work life and social life because when you don’t you become stagnant, and you will notice very little growth with your social skills and life. 

3. Focus on today. There will always be something that we will need to do, haven’t gotten to or something we have always wanted to do. Try to avoid obsessing about the future and focus on what is happening today. Creating a healthy, balanced life requires you to be present in your family, friends, hobbies and work.

What happens when there is no balance?

When your life is feeling a little imbalanced, it may feel as though you have neglected your needs, values or priorities. Although it may be easy to feel regretful and burned out at that moment, you can still work toward achieving a sense of equilibrium. Most people wait until life is just so out of whack that they’re forced to make changes or take a break.

When there is no balance, you may compromise Your health. Overwork and the lifestyle that goes with it, including junk food and lots of sitting is incredibly bad for you over the long haul. How many people do you know who have died young simply because they refused to take care of themselves? You don’t want to be one of them.

 I believe that we all have different priorities and therefore need to balance our lives to suit our own unique requirements, but first we need to recognize that our lives are actually out of balance. Self reflection and awareness  is so key in achieving balance in your life. 

What do you find helps you with balance in your life? Leave comments or reflect inward and take time to ask your self where you need balance in your life. With everything the way it is in the world today you have to take a step back and ask yourself questions every week so you don’t loose yourself in the daily grind my friends. And that was just a thought 💭 out loud !✌🏽