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Balanced Life Articles
The following articles are all original content relating to the journey toward a balanced life. Though there is some overlap, the perspectives in each article are different which often strikes a helpful cord with a variety of readers based on their backgrounds, experience, and preferences. This page contains an article summary and link to the complete material.
Recipe for a Balanced Life
Combine these ten ingredients for a low cost, healthy, fulfilling, and well balanced life. The ten necessary ingredients of work/life balance are readily available and inexpensive. Preparation requires persistent attention and pure ingredients. Though anyone can successfully prepare this satisfying recipe... More>>>
Fundamentals of a Balanced Life
Learn how to build a solid foundation for a balanced life. This article describes the five fundamental building blocks of a well balanced life, what I call the five P's: Purpose, Passions, Powers, Principles, and Perspectives. Just as a multi-story building is only as strong as its foundation, a multi-faceted life is only as strong and well balanced as its foundation. More>>>
Top Ten Components of a Balanced Life
Several components form the basis for a well balanced life. This top ten list captures the most important ingredients of life balance. More>>>
Positive Thinking for Life Balance
There are five skills important to a balanced life. This article addresses two of the five, positive thinking and using unique strengths. The remaining three skills are covered in the article immediately below. More on the first two skills>>>
A Balanced Life and the Law of Attraction
When efforts to achieve a balanced life fail and life balance seems too difficult a goal, learn to use the powerful Law of Attraction. More >>>
Self Awareness for Life Balance
This article addresses the three skills not covered in the previous article: self awareness, setting boundaries, and time management. All five skills are helpful to reaching a balanced life, but insufficient by themselves unless built upon the five fundamentals (five P's). More>>>
Find Balance in Life
This article describes using the five fundamentals of a balanced life - five P's - to overcome work/life imbalance with a strong personal foundation. More>>>
Is Work/Life Balance About Multi-Tasking?
At the heart of the work/life balance issue is the assumption (often true) that one's job and personal life are separate and distinct. The inference is that work is not a desirable aspect of life and that life's satisfactions come from activities after one completes the work day. Again, all too often this it true. More>>>
What is Work Life Balance and a Life in Balance?
Achieving life balance is a very personal issue of aligning one's activities with life purpose. Flex time, time management, and other tools are helpful, but insufficient. More>>>
Cheer Up with a Balanced Life and Life Purpose
A well balanced life is your best protection against lengthy bouts of boredom, the blues, and mild depression. It's easier to cheer up and feel energized when your life is built upon a strong foundation of the fundamentals of life balance. More>>>
FIve Steps to a Balanced Life
This is an early article exploring the concepts of life balance. The points are valid, but subsequent articles added to, clarified, and codified the concepts. More>>>
Top Life Balance Stories of 2008
In her "Nine to Thrive" regular feature article on nwjobs, a site of the Seattle Times, writer Michele Goodman summarizes her picks for the top seven life balance articles of 2008. More>>>All Things Related To Personal Development and Growth
As the Feature Writer for Personal Development at Suite101.com, I publish several articles each month on topics related to personal growth and development. The three latest articles are shown below. Click an article to read it in full. While at my Personal Development topic page browse the summary topics which include How to Cheer Up, How to Have a Positive Attitude, How to Have a Balanced Life, Personal Values, Help from Positive Psychology, Mind Exercises, and Goal Setting. For your convenience, sign up for RSS notification of each new article I publish.
