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the case for living life in seasons - by Erifili Gounari

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Most of us live with the belief that balance is something we should always strive for; not too much on one side or the other, aiming to create an everyday life where we sit comfortably in the middle. Too much of anything and we let a couple of weeks pass before we tell ourselves it’s time to get it together, get my life back on track. You probably know what I’m referring to. You’re spending a lot of time with your best friends during a less busy work period, so you’re not going to the gym as much. You’re working on a new project you feel so inspired and excited by, so you don’t engage in some of your other hobbies for a while. You’re having the best time traveling around Italy, so you’re eating pasta and pizza every day. And so on. It naturally happens; when your focus leans too heavily on one thing, it fades in other areas, we can’t do it all. Conversations around balance are different today than they were years ago, because they’re increasingly influenced by the general social-media-

Most of us live with the belief that balance is something we should always strive for; not too much on one side or the other, aiming to create an everyday life where we sit comfortably in the middle. Too much of anything and we let a couple of weeks pass before we tell ourselves it’s time to get it together, get my life back on track. You probably know what I’m referring to. You’re spending a lot of time with your best friends during a less busy work period, so you’re not going to the gym as much. You’re working on a new project you feel so inspired and excited by, so you don’t engage in…

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