Yes, our career is important. But does it mean that we should ignore our health or avoid our family to advance our career? Life balance not only recognizes the important of health and family in our lives, but also the role they play in advancing our careers! Running on low energy supplies because we’re neglecting our health and vitality doesn’t do a great deal of service to our work, neither does the guilt and frustration that comes with “not having the time” to be with family.

By being aware of the importance of each life area to us, and the many ways in which our life areas are interconnected, life balance becomes a necessity to achieve progress in every pursuit, and not a by-product of financial success (which, sadly, is the formula many people live by).

Thank you for raising the issue of life balance, Ali, and I look forward to reading more of your thoughts on the subject.
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For me personally, balance means having time for my family, and time to do creative work (even when it doesn’t necessarily pay). I’m not particularly bothered about loads of money or a big house, and I don’t ever want to retire!

But I do agree with you that being present in the moment is important — I think one of the reasons we get off-balance is because we’re constantly thinking about the next thing on our list, or conversely, because we’re clinging to a past which has already gone.