Finding balance in a chaotic world

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Formula for Success

ledger sheetThe very first formula you learn in Accounting class is the one for profit. It is a simple one and yet it is what every company in America chases after.

 

Profit = Income – Expenses

 

See, it’s not rocket science. Logically, to increase profit (i.e., left over money) you need to have greater income, less expenses or a combination thereof. So what does this have to do with balancing your life?

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500 Channels of Nothing On

So we have a satellite dish at our house in lieu of cable. The main reason we switched to it was that ourTV cable company kept lying to us about when certain channels would be coming and since the dish got us more channels at less money (and without all of the extras fees and taxes that cable had), the decision was pretty easy. From the outset, we loved it. The picture was clearer, we had more channels than ever, and it went out less than our old cable did. I tell people it was the most satisfying electronics purchase I have made.

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Who are You?

Who are youTypically when you meet a new person, the very first thing you ask is what they do. Everyone has some kind of job and it is a quick way to create a rapport with a person. It also seems to sum up a person in one quick answer. If someone says they are a doctor, you have an instant impression of them, or if they are a plumber, or artist, or engineer, or home maker. Each of these draws up an instant box to place the person and some corresponding assumptions.

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What is Balance in All Things?

Balance in all things?

Is this a yoga site? How about a gymnastics site?

Nope, sorry. It is simply a blog to discuss the changes in my life as I try to better balance all of the conflicting elements that vie for my precious time. I am hopeful that I can hear from you as you talk about the best ways you have found to keep your life in balance.

We all have so many facets to our lives these days: financial, physical, spiritual, emotional, and relational. Each one of these pulls at us with certain needs and looks to gain a monopoly on the one commodity we cannot make more of: time. Each of these facets are interrelated and when one gains dominance, the others wane causing imbalance in our lives and additional stress that we just don’t need. For example, a recent study showed that people who sleep less than seven hours at night are more likely to be overweight.

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