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The Biggest Obstacle to a Life of Balance

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The biggest obstacle to a balanced life is stress. How's that for a profound (or profoundly obvious) statement? We all knew that, didn't we? But the real issue is not WHAT the biggest obstacle to a balanced life is. The real issue is what is it about stress that affects us so and can we do anything about it.

When we become stressed, the object of our stress becomes all consuming. We think about it, worry about it and focus on it -- to the exclusion of all else. By definition, if a single object, event or person commands our energies to the exclusion of all else, our lives cannot be balanced, until the stress is relieved. If it is not relieved, it will impact our health, our relationships and ultimately our quality of living.

Interestingly enough, the experts tell us it isn't the major life changes such as birth, death, marriage or divorce that create lasting stress. It is the smaller stressors such as traffic, fights with loved ones, a schedule that's been thrown off or trying to do too much in too little time, that get to us the most.

It's curious that larger events do not negatively impact us to the extent that smaller events do. Perhaps it's because larger changes force us to stop and regroup before we can go on. They are so big we can't possibly live our lives in the same manner again. And so we do not try. We accept what has happened and work on moving forward from there.

On the other hand, it seems as though we try to fight the smaller changes. We think we can go on just as before and we struggle to do so. If we get caught in traffic we tell ourselves that if the traffic would just start moving again, we wouldn't be late for work. If we do not finish a fight with our spouse, we continue on with our day, thinking we can function normally. When we try to do too much in too little time we delude ourselves into thinking that if we just work faster or drive faster, we can get it all done.

But we can't make traffic move again. We can't function normally when a fight isn't finished and we can't work faster or drive faster. Our plans have to change. We have to let them. But we don't. Perhaps we just can't give up control.

Maybe that's what stress boils down to, fighting to maintain or regain control in a situation that is uncontrollable. Maybe we need to concede.

One of the happiest people I know has a thriving business, three kids under four (two of them are twins), a home and a husband. When something happens to throw off her plans, she just laughs. "What can I do?" she says. "Nothing. " So if her daycare provider cancels on her one day she stays home and reschedules her appointments for that day.

She quickly accepts her fate and figures out a way to move forward. She doesn't struggle or worry. She concedes control immediately.

In the end, she wins not the situation. By conceding control, she takes it back and affects the things she can affect.

That's the irony. In order to gain control, you must give it up. Then and only then can you go forward. So the next time you're stuck in traffic, you've had a fight with your spouse or you're trying to do too much in too little time, let go. Accept that your plans must change and stop fighting it. Regroup. Reschedule and decide that your best is just going to have to be good enough.

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