Balance is Happiness With Ami Ana
I’m a bit of a self confessed linguist. I LOVE languages. I’ve studied a few over the years and actually speak two languages fluently – English and Japanese. The thing is, that when you say you are fluent in another language, because of the way that they perceive the meaning of “fluent”, most people tend to overestimate your abilities in that language. That is they equate fluency with knowing everything. And really – how unrealistic is THAT? I mean, do YOU honestly know everything that there is to know about your native tongue?
Why beat ourselves up over fabulous Pinterest pictures and projects? Surely achieving Balance is simpler than that. For me, Balance is Happiness. Sanity and productivity are also integral parts of the formula – but the way I see it – they also both lead inevitably to happiness. So if one is happy, surely sanity and productivity are implied. So here are a few basics that I feel go a long way to helping me feel happy, and consequently keep me “Balanced”. Firstly, Exercise – it gets the endorphins going – apparently ;) At any rate the best you is a more capable, happier you. Exercising regularly will make you feel better about yourself, physically you will be fitter, stronger, and if you feel better about yourself, you’ll be in a better position to fulfil your responsibilities, to help others. You can start small and add more to your routine over time.
I will readily admit that there are big, complicated words in the English Dictionary that I’m sure I’ve never heard of, and if I was to make a guess at their meaning, well it would be a tremulous shot in the dark – a shot in the dark based on some rather basic linguistical knowledge, a fair grasp of syntax and grammar, and a background in Latin and Ancient Greek – but a shot in the dark nonetheless. I think the ever elusive concept of finding Balance in our lives is similarly Most importantly commit to making misunderstood. exercise a regular part of your life. Expect that there will be off days, so don’t be too Of course, as Indies and being the inherent tough on yourself – just be sure to get back creatives that we are, we hardly make it easy up and get back into it. You’ll feel better for for ourselves as it is, we’re basically setting it! ourselves up as suckers for punishment – and then there is Pinterest and the Blogosphere! Procrastination – DON’T do it. There is a You can forget about keeping up with the Joneses – we have an entire world Multiwide web to remind us all day, functional everyday, of everything that we think we should be that we’re not! But just peapods – like “Fluency” isn’t knowing delicious AND makes everything, “Balance” isn’t trying to for a highly do everything, and the only thing amusing dress-up we’ll ever achieve by running about prop. like a mad thing, desperately attempting to allot each of our interests and responsibilities an equal amount of time, is exhaustion and probably a fair amount of guilt.