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Being Balanced Is Overrated

8 Sept 2023 · 1 min

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Amber Hollingsworth argues that the common ideal of being "balanced" is misleading: when a life area is failing (relationships, finances, personal well‑being), restoring it requires concentrated, extra effort and resources, which temporarily disrupts balance. She reframes dedication and focused work as necessary for significant achievement and rejects the notion that striving intensely means one is flawed or 'obsessed.'

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Another limiting belief can hold you back is this belief about I need to be balanced. I don't really believe in that. If there's something in your life that's not where you want it to be, for example if your relationship is in a mess, if your finances are in a mess, if yourself is in a mess, you can't fix that and be balanced at the same time. Any area that you're trying to grow in you're going to have to put extra additional effort and energy and resources into in order to get that area up to par where you want it to. Now there may be seasons in life where things are going okay for you and you are more balanced but sometimes you're trying to accomplish something great and people will tell you oh you're working too hard, you're obsessed, you're this, you're that don't want to throw you off. No one ever did anything great. Being balanced I promise you.