@Mitchell_Michael
I'm a professional writer and fitness nutritionist. I write articles on fitness, nutrition and general well-being aimed at helping people lose weight, stay fit and lead a healthy lifestyle overall. I also write articles on fashion and beauty.
The Importance of Finding Balance in Your Life
Mar 02, 2018 Chapter 1
There is no doubt that life is all about balance, but daily responsibilities at home and work have beclouded this vital principle. By spending excessive amounts of energy on only one area of your life, other areas or aspects may begin to deteriorate. This is why it is highly crucial that you find balance in your life to attain happiness and inner peace.
If you are not living a balanced life as a result of spending too much time at work, thereby leaving less time for hobbies or relaxation, etc. – it could lead to anxiety and stress which could also affect your mental health in general. In such cases, burnouts are inevitable, and you could unexpectedly find yourself laid up for bed rest without planning for it.
When you maintain a balanced lifestyle, your performance or efficiency at your workplace will remain at its peak while your relationships and health continue to improve. Other reasons for finding balance in your life are outlined in the next few paragraphs:
i. Every job has its attendant stress or hassles, but you should not allow your work to lead you to burn out. When you begin to feel overwhelmed and incompetent when it comes to meeting the demands of your job, then you are on the highway to Burnout Avenue. Burnouts have profound and adverse effects in every area of one’s life. You need to find the right balance between work and other aspects of your life by ensuring that anything work-related remains in your office and not brought home with you. You should never allow your duties or work infiltrate your home life in any way.
ii. When you find balance in your life, especially between your work and home, you will have greater control over where you focus lies. This is because whenever you leave your workplace, all your attention will be focused on your home or social life, thus giving your relationships the needed care they require. Spending quality time with your family or friends at home will be valuable, and thoughts of work will be kept at bay. Likewise, when you are at your workplace, all thoughts of home life will not be entertained as you put greater focus on your duties or the tasks at hand. Thus, you will become more efficient at handling your work while being there for your family.
iii. Stress can bring about different symptoms which can affect your wellbeing and overall health. Health issues such as severe digestive or respiratory problems could arise without warning, thereby endangering your life. This is why you need to create time to eat well, perform exercises, and to relax.
To create balance in your life, you need to do the following:
Organize your clutter – You can do this by prioritizing tasks and writing what needs to be organized. Once written, they will serve as your daily target, and you will be able to meet them efficiently.
Delegate tasks – Delegating tasks to the right people will reduce your time and cut down the energy you use in carrying out your responsibilities. This will be easier if you are not a perfectionist.
Manage time – You need to learn how to efficiently manage your time so that you will be able to achieve a lot in little time. This will free up more time for you to do other things or face other aspects of your life.
As you can see, finding balance in your life is quite rewarding. If you’re yet to find balance in your life, it’s not too late to begin the process of finding balance in your life. I’ve also given some tips that would help you create balance with ease.
Create Account or Log In to write stories, sell your books, follow other people, interact with stories and personalize your reading list.
More Stories From Mitchell Michael
What is a Holistic Health Coach and the Benefits of Partnering with One?
Tips To Get the Best Out of Google+ Marketing
4 Health Benefits of Drinking Lemon Water
Recommended Stories
The Importance of Finding Balance in Your Life
Earn money by allowing readers to make monetary contributions to your stories.
To start receiving monetary contributions from readers, simply add a payment method or all payment methods available to give the readers more options to send you money.
Make a monetary contribution to Mitchell Michael.
Support the writer so that you can continue getting free and helpful content. You are not buying or paying for this story.
Minimum amount USD $1
Authors
Receive 80%
Revenues
Upload
your books
any times
for free.
Have full
control of
your content.
Sell globally
and reach
millions of
readers.
We don't support this file type We don't support this file type
Please upload a different image file type. We support: JPG, JPEG or PNG. Please upload a different image file type. We support: JPG, JPEG or PNG.
OK
Comments (0)
Be the first person to write a comment.