The sweet spot

Now this idea is my take on the four burners principle. If you haven’t heard of it before I highly recommend giving that a read. As per usual the advice or information provided is just that, advice so do with it what you will.

When it comes to finding balance in life there are numerous approaches available, each with positives and minuses. The approach I like to use or share with my clients and friends is a simple one. I use the image of a shelf to depict this, so bare with me here.

Imagine a shelf with two mounting points at either end but nothing supporting the middle, now on that shelve we have four planting pots spread out evenly (they each represent an element of our daily lives; friends, family, professional and health). We position each in order of importance or relevance but naturally as we start putting further emphasis on the aspects of our lives each item is either moved towards the centre momentarily or to the edges if they aren’t priority. So, whatever is currently a priority is put in the centre and commands complete focus and attention, everything else is balanced on the shelf, this is life in equilibrium.

Now the alternative - We try to move everything to one location (all centre). This leads to a collapse or a breakdown as the centre of the shelf is not supported. Rather, things are pushed off the shelf and we tend to focus on one thing at a time. Whilst this may seem ideal, it means that the items we have knocked off the shelve receive no idea and that is far from ideal (just imagine the look on your partners face, hell hath no fury like a woman’s wrath).

Hopefully this helps at least one of you find some balance, and as always don’t take life too seriously no-one gets out alive.