Do you remember the challenge, the fear, and the thrill of learning to ride your bike as a child? Do you remember how proud you felt when you finally got the upper hand on gravity? Didn't you feel like standing on your handle bars and screaming "I'm King of the World!" You had acquired the "art of balance" to keep your peddling in a mostly forward, albeit erratic, direction. Life was grand.
Well, balance remains a big part of our lives. It just takes on different forms when we grow up. I emphasize the art of balance since feeling might be more relevant than logic in determining the current state of balance in our lives. Although it's a personal process and a private journey, here are a few questions to kick-start your assessment:
First, what does your gut tell you? Are the various components of your life in balance? Do you work to live or live to work? Are you becoming multi-dimensional or one-dimensional?
At work:
At home & everywhere else:
Remember, we thrive best when our lives are in balance and we generally know when things are out of kilter. We all experience periods when our lives are out of balance and we know it, but life's circumstances dictate that reality for the time being. We can only change when we have the opportunity.
The challenge is to keep "the art of balance" on your radar screen as you navigate through the shoals of life.