Why a Balanced Life is a Myth

Daily Boost — Motivation and Coaching

Scott Smith

Self-improvement, Education, Health & Fitness, Business

3.9 • 1.5K Ratings

🗓️ 22 February 2024

⏱️ 10 minutes

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Summary

Why a Balanced Life is a Myth I always hear, "My goal is to balance my life better." It's as if balancing is static and can be achieved and maintained once you have it. Balance is dynamic, fleeting, ever-changing, and always challenging. Sure, it feels good when you reach equilibrium, but what about all that fun you had on your way there? I learned about balance when I worked in radio. My job was to balance the new music everyone wanted to hear, and the old music folks loved to remember. We balanced male and female bands, duos, and anything else musicians would toss at us. That sure sounds like life. Imagine a life of rotating the new and exciting with the mundane and routine. Time for yourself and time for your family. A bit for the boss and time to play. Never too much. Never too little. You are always changing. That's balance. Embrace the journey of the day. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	Never give up fighting to the end got to get back up no time for loss
0:07.7	fighting to the end no matter what the cause
0:10.3	yeah keep moving got to get back up one keep moving Cool. Yeah. Keep moving.
0:13.0	Gotta get back up.
0:15.0	Keep moving.
0:18.0	Gotta get back up.
0:19.0	Keep moving.
0:20.0	Gotta get back up, one.
0:21.0	Welcome to the place we ponder the big questions of life like for instance why is it that
0:25.0	when you start with a hot cup of coffee and it gets cold it's like it get me
0:29.3	warm coffee however if you go to the coffee store and you buy ice coffee, it's okay.
0:35.0	Why is that?
0:36.0	I only say that because when I start recording my podcast, I have a big steven hot cup of coffee
0:41.0	and by the time I get to the fourth show of the week.
0:43.0	That's not good.
0:45.0	Somebody bring me some ice please.
0:47.0	So today we're talking balance because balance is silly.
0:51.0	This is silly.
0:52.0	It's silly. Every time walking, so I want balanced life.
0:54.6	You need a little more balanced life.
0:56.3	Yeah, I mean, it makes sense, doesn't it?
0:59.6	But if you haven't thought through balance a little bit, you're probably driving yourself crazy
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