A Life of Imbalance, by Casey Ferguson

In the last three weeks I’ve taken three trips to the DFW area.

Each of these trips has been great. I’ve learned a lot, and there is big part of me that enjoys being on the road. It’s exciting. But at the same time, I’ve lost valuable time, being on the road, and my travels have set me back on other projects and responsibilities. I’m learning quickly that, no matter how much you want it, there simply isn’t enough time to do everything.

During a conference I attended in Plano, TX this past weekend, one of the speakers, in his outline, included a point on “Managing the Imbalance.” Life is never balanced, he said, and so, rather than always stressing over the fact our life seems to be always off center, we should instead focus on managing the imbalance in our lives. Because it’s always going to be there.

Right about now, the words “priority” and “time-budgeting” seem like they should be pretty important to me. Life for me isn’t slowing down right about now, and it won’t be for a long time. That being the case, why should I be overcome with feelings of anxiety and helplessness because of something out of my control?

I have to focus on what I can control, not on anything outside of that, deciding which few things are most important to me, slating out specific chunks of time just for them?

Managing the imbalance… If you ask me, this might just be a practice we could all afford to live by.