{"id":3489,"date":"2015-02-03T19:06:25","date_gmt":"2015-02-03T19:06:25","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.planetofsuccess.com\/blog\/?p=3489"},"modified":"2020-02-10T17:32:18","modified_gmt":"2020-02-10T17:32:18","slug":"how-to-live-a-balanced-life","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.planetofsuccess.com\/blog\/how-to-live-a-balanced-life\/","title":{"rendered":"How to Live a Balanced Life"},"content":{"rendered":"

In part one we discussed the power of living a balanced life<\/a>. The power of a well-balanced life is truly profound. Living in balance means that you live in harmony and tune with your body, which aids in centering your being and allows you to stand in your own power. Not only that, but it also allows you to integrate both the positive and negative aspects of your being into something more powerful: balance.<\/p>\n

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This part will show you what you can do to balance your life.<\/p>\n

How to live a more balanced life?<\/span><\/h3>\n

1. Be authentic<\/span><\/span><\/h4>\n

\u201cWhat has authenticity to do with living a balanced life,<\/em>\u201d you might ask. Well, that\u2019s a good question so let me explain why I think that authenticity has a lot to do with balance. When you are authentic you are true to yourself, no matter how bad external pressures attempt to twist you. It means that you stay true to your values and beliefs, without bending over backward just to please everyone. Authenticity is the inner strength that helps you to remain unaffected from the various external pressures that want to change you. I\u2019m speaking of the many social pressures and influences that try to trap your mind within a box<\/a>.<\/span><\/p>\n

With authenticity comes the fortitude of being able to meet decisions that are not influenced by the demands of others. Even more important: the decisions you make are not influenced by constant worries what others might think of you if you meet this or that decision.<\/span><\/p>\n

Once you meet the majority of decisions based on what is good for you, there will be no longer the need to bend over backward. Subsequently, you remain balanced in your true authentic center as you meet healthier and wiser decisions that create no longer an imbalance within you. Therefore, authenticity gives you the power to remain in balance. It is unlikely that others will be able to bring you out of balance with their (imbalanced) behavior if you are authentic and true to yourself.<\/span><\/p>\n

2. Avoid the drama<\/span><\/h4>\n

What external influence creates a significant imbalance between people? Drama does it! By \u201cdrama\u201d I do not mean the category of performance in theaters, novels or movies. The specific kind of drama that I mean is the overreaction to things that are insignificant. If a person is used to make a big deal over something unimportant that person is likely a \u201cdrama queen\u201d. Finding balance in life means to avoid the drama.<\/span><\/p>\n

Drama causes a disruption in the centeredness of a person. Instead of being content with balance it is the emotional rollercoaster that many people prefer. Being dramatic and emerging in drama provides the lifestyle with excessive highs and exorbitant lows \u2013 just like a self-created rollercoaster of feelings.<\/span><\/p>\n

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Finding the right balance is a continuous effort<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Modern life can be seen as an extreme challenge: you are confronted with hundreds upon thousands of \u2013 what I call \u2013 \u201cdrama vortices\u201d in your day to day life. These drama vortices can be anything; from the drama-based television show, many engulf themselves daily, up to the regular drama-outbreaks about minor or even irrelevant things in life. No matter where you go and what you do – you can be sure that there will be a drama vortex waiting for you. It is, however, up to you if you allow yourself to be drawn in by that vortex or not.<\/span><\/p>\n

Drama vortices have the purpose of attracting your attention so that your mind gets fully immersed by it. They draw energy from you, but most important of all: the drama drags you gradually into an existence that is out of balance. Often times I have the feeling that people just love to wander around unplugging and plugging in from one drama-vortex to the next one, which diverts them with even more ego-related, imbalanced chatter.<\/span><\/p>\n

Returning to your balanced center means that you consciously start to identify the various drama-vortices that have sneaked into your life \u2013 and remove them one by one. Living in balance gives you the strength to cease your involvement with most of the drama reality comes up with, simply because there will be no longer the need to be immersed in it. See the drama for what it is: a self-centered, egomaniacal concept that does nothing to improve your life. All that it creates is an imbalance. It literally drags you into disequilibrium. Don\u2019t allow this to happen; don\u2019t allow the drama to capture your mind.<\/span><\/p>\n

3. What causes an imbalance within you?<\/span><\/h4>\n

In order to establish a life that is in balance and harmony, it is of greatest importance to understand what is holding you in an imbalanced state of being. For me, watching television is a major player that is causing a disturbance of balance within me. This is mainly because the \u201cstorylines\u201d of many TV shows are deliberately drama-based, e.g. sitcoms like \u201cEverybody Loves Raymond\u201d, \u201cKing of Queens\u201d, which brings me back to #2 of this article \u2013 avoid the drama, at any cost. Most TV programs drag me down into disharmonic states, which is why I stopped watching TV<\/a> in a large part. If you doubt what I\u2019m saying, turn on the TV and consciously count how often the protagonists in both previously named sitcoms are arguing\/fighting with each other in one episode. Yes, it\u2019s funny, but watching 9 seasons of this drama-rollercoaster will leave you wondering what the power of balance actually is.<\/span><\/p>\n

Besides television there are many other sources that can prevent you from living life in a balanced way:<\/span><\/p>\n