Episode 77: Intentional Imbalance to Avoid Stagnation
“The boldness of his mind was sheathed in a scabbard of politeness.” ― Dumas Malone Everywhere you turn these days there are articles and gurus promising Balance. When we are really into something or are super excited about a goal our lives can't help but becoming out of balance in the sense that certain activities take up a greater part of our time and energy. If we want to become really good at something, learn a new skill, or really go after some big life goal, we have to put lots of energy into that. I think lots of us are burned out because we aren't' directing the imbalance. It's coming from external places or from a lifetime of relationships and commitments we wouldn't choose if we had to do it all over again. If we aren't careful, our life will go by in an instant and well have wasted what we had on a balance if things that never made us feel alive. I took some time this week to dive into this in my first episode since I got back from Sicily. --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/carlopodcast/support