The Pendulum Problem: Why Balance Feels Elusive (and What I’m Practicing Instead)

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​“Too much work, too much vacation,
too much of any one thing is unsound.”
– Walter Annenberg

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New Path Productivity®, LLC · New Path Perspective Blog: The Pendulum Problem

While having breakfast with a friend recently, our conversation turned to life, energy, and balance. I told her I often feel like a swinging pendulum.
 
Sometimes I’m at one extreme, fully engaged and doing all the things. Other times, I’m at the opposite extreme, completely depleted, doing almost nothing, recovering from having gone too far.
 
And the most confusing part? After I’ve allowed myself to rest and recover, I develop this delusion that I can do anything and everything again. I feel energized, optimistic, and limitless. So I take on too much, and swing the pendulum all the way back to the other side.

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