BALANCE is the Key to My Success

Sally, I appreciate the fact that you indicate that maintaining balance requires continual tweaking and readjustment.  It's not a destination, rather it's a process.  Thanks for the reminder. :)

I've heard that often its best to find what is most important to you and this list the importance of everything else... and then write your most important thing on top of it all.

If your family is most important, you see how that guides your work/self/leisure times, if religion is most important then you see how it impacts work, etc.

Hey Girl, I always enjoy seeing my favorite bloggers on the front page here at AR and IF I could get as much sleep as you I would be a happy man ;-D

That is neat you did a flow chart. It makes you SEE the balance or imbalance easily.

Aloha,

I found your chart very interesting.

Some time back while at the CRS Sell-a-bration event in New Orleans, Dr. Wayne Dryer was our featured speaker. He had each of us draw a pie chart and we had to break down our time spent and it was such a eye opener for me I've kept it in my top desk drawer all these years as a reminder.

It's an interesting excercise for anyone.

Balance is important Sally, and saddly sometimes I lack it.  Lately though it's been better.  Success on the other hand for me... is just being the best I can be, not determined by "things" or "designations" or "titles".

Hi Sally, 

The comment box is not showing for me tonight. But lots of white space and a blinking cursor so I am writing in this space. I tried this earlier and it worked so I expect my comment will show up for you just like normal . Weird , not having any boundries to write. But for me , perhaps that is good :-).

I think I have been able to juggle life, career, family and still sleep a bit. You are right, life is about balance but for me there still needs to be an opportunity for the spontaneous and I hope I can always keep to that. But I think it is taking it's toll, :-)

I also agree with you about titles. Most of my clients could care less and I have a bunch. And judging by the number of people claiming speciality in one thing or another, titles are only as good as how the knowledge learned is applied anyway.Frankly some of them even embarrass me.  But we do the best we can and we must realize that we have but one life to live, to love and succeed and even not to. I can't put that in a pie chart quite as nicely as you have, but it's OK for me. Well said my friend!

WooHoo, I switched back over to FireFox which was not working at all tonight, and I got the comment box back. Must be something going on here with my computer. But Safari was  not liking the Rain tonight. AR that is, LOL. Saw a couple tyoes and fixed those since it was possible while typing the comment.

Sally, putting it down on paper in a pie chart makes sense. That way you can see how everything balances out. Thanks.

Sally thanks for the post. I've had many health problems over the years, and now that I am finally doing better, I try to remember what's important in everything I do. Where my time is spent HAS to be prioritized. I try to remember that whether it's housework, school, or real estate. When those things start to stress me out, because I don't have enough time, I just remind myself, "If I lay dying tomorrow, am I really going to wish I had cleaned the kitchen, or spent the time making a mess with my 3 year old?" And that's how I determine what I'm going to do. Thanks for the reminder.

I am still working on finding this.  I am doing a better job but got a long way to go.  I still feel I am out of balance.

Sally,

Thanks for sharing a great model with us.  Wishing you continued success in all your endeavors.

modern way to display your bucket list... now I may just track mind with a chart too.

Sally - it is sooo important to remember that 'me' time and I saw that you have it included!

I have a hard time with balance.   I tend to do what needs to get done by doing what's in front of me, often leaving a trail of paperwork and files all over my desk.  Because I work from home most of the time, my home and work lines are very blurry.  I do try to take the time I need to exercise, walk the dog, read and just be quiet.  I try to spend time with each son.  I try to be a good friend and a good realtor.  But balance... each day is a new adventure!

Sally - How interesting to see how someone else divides up their time.  I'm with you on getting 8 hours sleep.  In fact, I got 12 hours sleep yesterday.  I figure if my body needs it and I don't have a morning appointment, then fine.  The other morning I got up at 4 AM, go figure!  Being the caregiver for three people as well as running my real estate business and doing some non-profit consulting on the side, I have to be very rigorous about my priorities.  Every minute spent doing one thing, is a minute I can't spend on something else that may even be more important.  Deciding the priorities is the tough part when there are competing ones.

Very - Very creative post Sally, there is nothing more I can say except "impressive!"

VB ;-)

Thanks Sally, for sharing this with all of us. This is just what I need in my life, balance - in more areas than one. Thanks again.

Nicely done Sally.  This is a great reminder for all of us.