{"id":8497,"date":"2016-07-26T11:00:27","date_gmt":"2016-07-26T04:00:27","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/lingkaran.co\/?p=8497"},"modified":"2016-08-26T13:50:54","modified_gmt":"2016-08-26T06:50:54","slug":"your-happiness-lies-in-the-balance","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lingkaran.co\/blog\/your-happiness-lies-in-the-balance\/","title":{"rendered":"Your Happiness Lies in the Balance"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Do you feel pulled in a million directions? We think we all feel that way. We\u2019re torn between wanting more and being satisfied with what we have.. between choosing a fast-track career and having a \u201cnormal\u201d family and social life.. between taking another piece of chocolate and thinking about how we\u2019ll look in a bathing suit. Finding balance in life is a very noble pursuit, but it can be elusive and hard to achieve. How do you live a well-balanced life?<\/p>\n

Because we\u2019re all unique, it\u2019s important to define what balance means to you and how you plan to achieve it. That process begins by establishing goals and determining priorities. Of course, there may be people who prefer to skip this step and cut to the chase, but if that path is taken, priorities will be chosen for them.<\/p>\n

There are eight areas of our life that require careful balance;<\/p>\n

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  1. Social<\/li>\n
  2. Physical<\/li>\n
  3. Professional<\/li>\n
  4. Pleasureable<\/li>\n
  5. Mental<\/li>\n
  6. Spiritual<\/li>\n
  7. Emotional<\/li>\n
  8. Material<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

    –<\/span><\/p>\n

    Life Is a Balancing Act<\/h5>\n

    These are common dilemmas that we face each day. What\u2019s the right balance for you?<\/p>\n

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    Keeping Life in Balance<\/h5>\n

    Here are some guidelines for keeping your life in balance:<\/p>\n

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    • Remain focused and disciplined.<\/strong> Do you feel overwhelmed at times? That may be because you value quantity over quality. Priorities serve as guideposts to keep you on track. Your goal shouldn\u2019t be checking items off a to-do list, but rather doing things that matter.<\/li>\n
    • Invest your time wisely.<\/strong> Resources are finite. When you overcommit your time or spread your resources too thin, you fail to dedicate the attention that your priorities deserve.<\/li>\n
    • Learn to set boundaries.<\/strong> The goal shouldn\u2019t always be adding, but also subtracting from daily tasks. While any single request may seem reasonable, added together they\u2019ll divert your attention from your priorities. So learn to say \u201cNo.\u201d As Jessye Norman, award-winning opera singer and performer, said, \u201cProblems arise in that one has to find a balance between what people need from you and what you need for yourself.\u201d<\/li>\n
    • Minimize toxicity.<\/strong> While toxic food is bad for your health and well-being, so are negative and unethical people. They\u2019ll sap your energy and drain your soul.<\/li>\n
    • Invest in relationships.<\/strong> Studies show that relationships are a key source of happiness. Being a good spouse, parent, or friend doesn\u2019t happen by chance. It requires an investment.<\/li>\n
    • Try something new.<\/strong> Don\u2019t be so busy that you don\u2019t have time for something new. Expand your horizons. You won\u2019t know what the world offers unless you give it a try.<\/li>\n
    • Treat yourself.<\/strong> Stop being so rigid by seeing the world as black or white. The fact is, most of life remains somewhere in between. So, if you\u2019re living at one end of the extreme, there\u2019s nothing wrong with deviating from your habit every once in a while.<\/li>\n
    • Make time for nothing.<\/strong> Being busy doesn\u2019t always mean being productive. Set aside time to relax and think. It\u2019ll give you time to smell the roses and learn from each experience. It\u2019s important to enjoy the journey as well as the destination.<\/li>\n
    • Be open to change.<\/strong> Love what you do and the choices that you make, but not so much that you\u2019re unwilling to change. There\u2019s a fine line between passion and obsession.<\/li>\n
    • Live life with a purpose. <\/strong>Happiness isn\u2019t the result of accumulating things. It\u2019s about living life with a purpose.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n

      Remember, it\u2019s not that you don\u2019t have enough time to devote to things that matter to you \u2013 but rather, the time needed was spent doing something else?<\/em><\/p>\n

      –<\/span><\/h5>\n
      Strike the Right Balance<\/h5>\n

      Many of us take each day as it comes and then seem surprised to find where life has taken us. We\u2019ve risen to the top, but regret what we\u2019ve lost during the journey; we\u2019ve accumulated fancy possessions, but learned that money can\u2019t buy the best riches in life. It\u2019s as if we\u2019ve followed a prepared script rather than consciously choosing the right path for us.<\/p>\n

      In the end, happiness is not a matter of intensity, but of balance. It\u2019s about thinking and<\/em> doing; desiring more and<\/em> being satisfied with what you have; doing what you want and<\/em> what is expected of you. While this may sound simple, it\u2019s not easy. And it\u2019s not going to happen by itself. So determine what works best for you and be conscious of the choices that you make every day. As the saying goes, \u201cThe key to keeping your balance is knowing when you\u2019ve lost it.\u201d Your happiness lies in the balance.<\/p>\n

      –<\/span><\/p>\n

      –<\/span><\/p>\n

      Source:\u00a0franksonnenbergonline.com\/blog\/your-happiness-lies-in-the-balance\/<\/p>\n

      –<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

      – – Do you feel pulled in a million directions? We think we all feel that way. We\u2019re torn between wanting more and being satisfied with what we have.. between choosing a fast-track career and having a \u201cnormal\u201d family and social life.. between taking another piece of chocolate and thinking about how we\u2019ll look in a bathing suit. Finding balance in life is a very noble pursuit, but it can be elusive and hard to achieve. How do you live a well-balanced life? Because we\u2019re all unique, it\u2019s important to define what balance means to you and how you plan to achieve it. That process begins by establishing goals and determining priorities. Of course, there may be people who prefer to skip this step and cut to the chase, but if that path is taken, priorities will be chosen for them. There are eight areas of our life that require careful balance; Social Physical Professional Pleasureable Mental Spiritual Emotional Material – Life Is a Balancing Act These are common dilemmas that we face each day. What\u2019s the right balance for you? –   – Keeping Life in Balance Here are some guidelines for keeping your life in balance: Remain focused….<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":8899,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mi_skip_tracking":false},"categories":[262],"tags":[516,514,515],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lingkaran.co\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8497"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/lingkaran.co\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/lingkaran.co\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lingkaran.co\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lingkaran.co\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=8497"}],"version-history":[{"count":9,"href":"https:\/\/lingkaran.co\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8497\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":8601,"href":"https:\/\/lingkaran.co\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8497\/revisions\/8601"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lingkaran.co\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/8899"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lingkaran.co\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=8497"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lingkaran.co\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=8497"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lingkaran.co\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=8497"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}