Lately,\nI\u2019ve been thinking a lot about creating more balance in my life. This is no\nsmall feat in our busy and overscheduled world. We work long hours to further\nour careers. We strive to be great partners, parents, friends, and citizens.\nAnd we spend what little free time we have pursuing our passions. Goals aside, life\nitself can be unpredictable. Plans go awry; we may fall ill or sustain injuries;\nor maybe we\u2019re just too busy and overwhelmed to enjoy our blessings. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
I\nhave concluded that creating balance whenever possible is the key to calming\nthe chaos of life and maximizing joy. You may be unable to change all your\ncircumstances, but when you pursue balance in various areas, it\u2019s easier to move\nforward with more ease and confidence. That is why I decided to create a blog\nseries that focuses on seeking greater balance in your life. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
Finding\ngreater balance requires focus and intention, rather than just going on\nautopilot, which is what we usually do. It\u2019s about taking stock of where you\nare now and figuring out where you would like to go. You can apply this\nphilosophy to every area of your life. Over the coming months, we will delve into\nseveral areas of life (I call them \u201cBalance Zones\u201d) where people often struggle\nto find balance. Each month I will cover a different topic here on the blog\u2014like\nphysical health and diet, career and money, healthy relationships, mental wellness,\nand image and style\u2014and explore some best practices for achieving balance in\nthese areas.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
One\nquick caveat: Balance is not a destination\u2014it\u2019s a never-ending journey. You are\nnot likely to reach a point where you say, \u201cNow my life is perfectly balanced.\u201d\nHowever, when you make conscious decisions that bring your life closer<\/em>\nto balance, your circumstances improve in many ways. You may become calmer, or\nmore grateful for what you have, or more certain of the next steps you need to\ntake. <\/p>\n\n\n\n Next\nweek we will begin with the first installment of the Finding Balance in Your\nLife\u2014and Making Peace with It <\/em>series by delving into ways to maximize our\nphysical health. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Lately, I\u2019ve been thinking a lot about creating more balance in my life. This is no small feat in our busy and overscheduled world. We work long hours to further our careers. We strive to be great partners, parents, friends, and citizens. And we spend what little free time we have pursuing our passions. Goals […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-669","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized","wpbf-post"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/marlatomazin.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/669","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/marlatomazin.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/marlatomazin.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/marlatomazin.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/marlatomazin.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=669"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/marlatomazin.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/669\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":670,"href":"https:\/\/marlatomazin.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/669\/revisions\/670"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/marlatomazin.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=669"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/marlatomazin.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=669"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/marlatomazin.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=669"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}