Recently this concept obsesses me: balance. How to reach the ideal balance state given a ton of factors? The only solution I’ve found is to split the big picture in smaller contexts and try to balance them individually.
Balanced human relations: meeting new people vs keeping up with old friends.
Balanced product development: coding vs customer relations.
Balanced product design: looks good vs behaves good. Jeremy Clarkson sums up this perspective when testing the Alfa Romeo 8C.
Balanced lifestyle: active schedule vs just doing nothing.
Balanced attitude: laid-back vs outgoing and obedient vs rebel.
Balance connectivity: online vs offline activity.
Balanced nutrition: meat, veggies, fruits and sweets. I don’t believe in any more or less extreme nutrition theories. As a human being, meat is appealing, just as much as sweets, veggies and milk products. Can Coke cause cancer? Ok, I’ll just have less of it, since it takes a long period of exposure to actually become harmful.
“Too much of anything is bad, but too much good whiskey is barely enough.”
— Mark Twain
Sometimes I overdo it by worrying about balance in everything I do. Even though balance is an art, worrying too much about it un-balances the way I make decisions, by slowing me and making me hesitate.
Balance is my way to inner peace. What do have to say about balance?
