Not enough…
Below is a picture that I occasionally draw in training courses, and that’s where the photo comes from. Anyone who has been to my training courses knows that I draw a lot of triangles, and that one very important triangle is the work+life+recreation triangle.
If anyone remembers from 6th grade math, the sum of the angles of a triangle is 180 degrees, and if the angles are equal, they are all 60 degrees. As some angles get larger (for example 100 degrees, others get smaller).
Same with the triangle below. All corners support each other, but should not become larger than any other, because then the others will simply diminish. In this case, our inner balance is disturbed and we feel uncomfortable.
▲ The vast self-development corner takes us from self-development book to self-development book, from retreat to retreat, from webinars to webinars and from one facilitator to another. You miss out on a life with yourself and your loved ones, and you miss out on achieving your goals.
▲ The excessive work corner, as we know, destroys private life, destroys ourselves and we do everything at the cost of ourselves, we sacrifice ourselves to systems, our great ambitions eat away at ourselves in the need to prove ourselves.
▲ An overwhelming amount of private life brings a familiar challenge for many people at home – a loss of purpose in life, a decline in self-care on both a physical and intellectual level, or a constant presence in good company that makes you wonder at some point, who am I?
Perhaps all three of these are constantly needed to support each other, and we could always find time for all three. None of these are irrelevant and I still see a lot of talk, sadly, about the ideal work-life balance. But this will not be achieved because a third vital link in the system will be forgotten.
And with … the balance is at a standstill. If the thing is balanced, it stands. When things are in harmony, we allow ourselves a little wobble in life because we know that the other 2 corners will support us and we will stay on our two feet. When you have only work and private life, if one disappears, people often fall down or life becomes enormously tiring standing on one leg.
But if you feel you need support in doing all this, let us know in a message and we’ll find a time and place to do it, if that’s what it takes. Each thing in its own time.
