Comments on: Balanced Life Q&A: What Is a Balanced Life?

By: lee

lee — Thu, 27 Mar 2008 02:17:50 +0000

What an interesing question and one that i think can only be answered by each individual. i asked myself a similar question a few weeks ago, i decided i needed a balanced life to be truly happy and then had to decide for me what that was. i found that i ended up making a vision board that i could look at everyday with pictures of all the things i needed to incorporate into my life to be happy and have balance. I am going through a big life change at the moment. i would love to share my experiences with everyone on my personal blog.

By: My-Personal-Growth.com

My-Personal-Growth.com — Mon, 17 Mar 2008 10:28:48 +0000

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By: Craig Harper - Motivational Speaker

Craig Harper - Motivational Speaker — Mon, 17 Mar 2008 01:56:18 +0000

Over the years I’ve worked with many ’successful’ people that have successfully managed all aspects of their lives except their health and family.

Needless to say I have visited a number of them in hospital weeks later when they have suffered from a heart attack.

Balance is the most important part of your life. Whether it’s work, relationships, children, exercise, health etc. It’s important we don’t focus on one aspect of our life to the detriment of another.

It is possible to be successful, healthy and have great relationships if we learn to manage us!

Craig

By: Allie

Allie — Wed, 12 Mar 2008 17:12:25 +0000

I love Jay’s ideas on having a balanced life. I think that’s something good to strive for — no regrets for time well spent.

By: Hilary Barrett

Hilary Barrett — Fri, 07 Mar 2008 13:14:06 +0000

Thank you for a challenging article!

What really jumped out for me was your point about a ‘balanced life’ not being one with equal-sized but separate compartments for each area. 30 minutes for spiritual growth, and then moving swiftly on to the 30 minute slots for the accounts, exercise, talking to life partner, walking dog, etc.

More people live a larger-scale version of this. So many months a year for work, so many weeks for retreat and renewal. Less obviously absurd, maybe, but is it really any more viable, if spiritual connection and renewal still has to be stored in its own box, away from the rest of life?

If I’ve learned one thing from a relationship with the I Ching - the old oracle, the Book of Change - it’s that those boxes and compartments are illusions. My weekly reading keeps me connected with the spiritual depths of my work, whether I’m doing readings or tweaking web pages.

So… I’ve come round to the idea that a balanced life is an integrated one. You know those diagrams that show life as a circle with differently-coloured sectors for relationship, spirit, work, health etc? My diagram would look more like a slightly blurry series of concentric circles: work inside health inside partnership inside divination practice inside spirit…