The answer to this question varies as much as the shape of our bodies to and the color of our hair. What makes you tick could drastically differ from the next person. So the question is, “How do I find balance in MY life?” The answer actually starts with a valuable inquiry…
What is important to you? What do you value in your daily experience and your life overall??
•    Do you long for connection with others, or is solitude the name of the game?
•    Do you crave meaning in your work, or simply want to punch the clock?
•    Do you live to work or work to live?
•    Do you like spending the day cooking or rather grab a quick bite out?
•    Do you relish your time in front of a computer or have to be outside and moving?
These are all drastic examples but will get the wheels turning about what fuels your individual fire.
Tips for Finding Balance:
Looking at your life in its entirety can be overwhelming and scary. It is easier to “see” clearly when you break it up into easily examined chunks. Below are four aspects of life and a few ideas for refining and regaining balance in each. Once again…these are just ideas to generate self reflection and get you thinking about what YOU need to feel truly balanced!
Physical – nutrition, exercise, relaxation, sleep, nutrition
Ideas to regain balance:
•    Begin an exercise program 2x per week
•    Sign up for a race and start training
•    Make sure to get 8 hours of sleep a night
•    Eat more vegetables and fruits
•    Don’t eat late a night
Mood/Emotionally – fun, happiness, joy, relationships
Ideas to regain balance:
•    Do something everyday that brings you joy
•    Look at the relationships/situations in your life and feed the ones that are feeding you
•    Don’t take things too seriously
•    Make sure to see that your cup is indeed half-full and be grateful for it
•    Surround yourself with inspiring and supportive people
Psychological/Mental – thought patterns, mental acuity, personal awareness
Ideas to regain balance:
•    Tally all of the negative or self defeating thoughts you in a day, chop that number in half for the next
•    Read at least one book a month and learn a new word everyday
•    Become the “watcher” and witness how you react to situations and how people react to you…make mental notes on what you want to change, set intentions/goals and move towards them
•    Ask people around you for feedback on how you come across to them
Spiritual –religion, connection to higher power and self, meditation, prayer
Ideas to regain balance:
•    Start a daily practice of quiet time, meditation and or/prayer (even if its 5 minutes…you have to start somewhere)
•    Try the 30 Days to Grace Program – 30 minutes of yoga, journaling, and meditation a day for 30 days
•    Join a church/organization that resonates with your beliefs
•    Read books that are inspiring