Comments on: The Organize IT Habits: Create Balance In Your Life

By: James

James — Sat, 09 May 2009 12:36:32 +0000

Thanks for the suggestion Ruth. I will have to check that book out sometime.

By: Ruth

Ruth — Thu, 07 May 2009 16:10:13 +0000

Great post! Creating balance is such a complex and individual thing. I really love the examples that you have used here for showing actual balance. I’m reading a great book on the subject right now, called Honor Yourself by Patricia Spadaro. It covers how to find balance between giving and receiving so that your own needs get met while you’re doing stuff for others. If you get a chance to check it out, I think you’d really enjoy it.

By: James

James — Sat, 25 Apr 2009 08:39:15 +0000

Great thoughts. Thanks for your kind remarks on my blog Miki. Not had much feedback on my writing style before so it’s encouraging to know I’m going in the right direction.

Daryl, when I was researching this post, a lot of other posts did talk about balance in relation to creating a healthy mix between your health, finances, social life, interests, etc. While this will certainly make you feel better inside, I don’t feel this creates genuine balance.

By: Hilary

Hilary — Fri, 24 Apr 2009 17:04:43 +0000

I have to designate break times and days off regularly. If I don’t, I just work till I’m burned out and then all productivity goes out the window. That’s a good example of me trying to find the balance in my life.

By: Miki

Miki — Thu, 23 Apr 2009 20:05:01 +0000

Hi James, I just came across your blog today and I’m pleasantly surprised! I love your conversational approach to your blogging and writing. I’ll be back often!

Life balance is such an interesting topic to me, much sought after and so elusive to many. I particularly like how you’ve pointed out the actionable part of balance – working our butts off versus lounging in the sun, what we want versus what we think we need to get done, laziness and apathy versus overworking (which incidentally brings on burnout, which then leads to laziness and apathy).

I think you hit the nail on the head when you talked about life purpose. Knowing our purpose in life helps the balance naturally. Work becomes play so there’s less stress to and more time to enjoy the fruits of our labor – or should I say passion?

Worth contemplating…

By: Daryl Furuyama

Daryl Furuyama — Thu, 23 Apr 2009 17:53:12 +0000

Hi James, I like how you give different examples of balance in the context of a single dimension. I remember seeing others saying things like, “Balance is when you have control over your money, health, and relaxation time. This forms the triangle of balance.” Those people are really projecting their values, while you’re really talking about actual balance. Cool.