Worldly View

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A Life of Balance and Passion

            I entertain the notion that balance is the key to stability.  Finding balance in one’s life is not done without great introspection and self-actualization.  For me, it has becoming clear that in order for me to lead a balanced life, I must actively engage in all of my passions on a regular basis.  It is true that I am more passionate regarding some passions than others.  Regardless, I deliberately choose to engage in these passions equally.  Without a doubt, the result will be an unequal division of my time among these passions due to preference; this will balance my planed equality of time.

            In my case, there are five main passions which require my attention in order to lead a fulfilling life.  But to divide my time five ways after work would leave too little time to any one passion and would surely result in the casting aside of my lesser passions, which I maintain are also essential to my leading of a fulfilled life.

            The clichéd solution is to attempt to monetize something which you are passionate about.  Now you can do less “work” and have more time for you remaining passions.  But there is a problem; this, now monetized, passion would now consume far more of your time than it would otherwise deserve.  Too much may be as detrimental to appreciation as too little, with the added anchor of becoming a financial obligation.

            For this reason, one must only engage in a passion “part time” in order to not overindulge, leading to an exhaustion of the activity or run the risk of neglecting your other passions.  This may not be a problem for an individual who only has one or two passions, but in my case (as stated above) I have five passions.  Usually, one cannot sustain off of the income of one part time job.  But doing anything fulltime may be a potential detriment to life balance.  The solution is to reject the notion of any full time activity, resulting in a necessity to monetize two or more of your passions.  Finding a way to monetize any passion is problematic enough, but spending a substantial amount of your time (full time) engaged in passionless “work” would be a much greater anchor to your leading of a meaningful, fulfilling, and balanced life.