Life Balanced

Over the last few weeks I’ve been guilty of not following my own advice and it subsequently led to a stressful and overwhelming couple of months. It started with the best intentions - I have a lot of exciting goals I want to accomplish in both my personal and professional life, and I’ve been working diligently to make them a reality.

The problem is that I spread myself too thin. I burned out, lost my enthusiasm, had no time for the things I truly enjoy (like writing on my Life Balanced blog. There’s irony for you!), and I wasn’t really seeing success in any one area. I was living a very unbalanced life.

Although I’m still working on getting “balanced,” I’ve put together a few tips I think will be helpful if you ever find yourself in the same situation.

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Welcome to the Balance Your Life Carnival. This carnival is dedicated to articles and stories from other talented bloggers that help us live a fulfilling, happy and healthy life in as many areas as possible. Because there were so many great submissions this month, I have broken it out by category, and this is the last collection of articles on the topic of relationships and balancing your life in general. Enjoy!

Featured Articles - Relationships

Alex Blackwell presents How to Love Consciously and In the Blink of an Eye posted at The Next 45 Years.

Madeleine Begun Kane presents Planning To Travel With Friends? Are You Sure That’s Wise? posted at Mad Kane’s Humor Blog.

Alan K Rudi presents Adapt to Change in a Technology Age | Successful Business Leadership posted at Successful Business Leadership, saying, “Develop a healthy attitude in the business environment when faced with change.”

Charles H. Green presents Buy With the Heart, Justify With the Brain posted at Trust Matters, saying, “An English tailor’s story demonstrates why successful people are nice, competent and of service to everyone—as a habit.”

Alex Landis presents Dealing With The Negative People In Your Life posted at AlexLandis.com, saying, “Alex discusses how to deal with the negative people in your life by understanding where their pessimism comes from and by providing tips to handle that negativity.”

Patricia Twitchell presents Comfort Comes from Unexpected Places posted at Just Bears and Stuff, saying, “So often people take the things they treasure the most for granted. Life has a way of offering us the opportunity to evaluate and review those things in our life that are important. Many times this occurs through a tragedy. Yet, many tragedies turn into amazing blessings, which help us to clearly understand our path in life. Learn how one woman turned the tragedy of her father’s heart attack into the blessing of having the courage to live her dream. A dream that has blessed so many others who have come to know her as The Teddy Bear Lady of Myrtle Creek.”

Nicole presents You Can Keep Your Diamonds, Your Rings, All Your Fancy Things posted at Makeitbetter’s Weblog.

Aaron Brandon presents Overcoming Negativity posted at Aaron Brandon.

Other Great Articles

Jeanie Marshall presents Give Yourself Permission to Relax for 60 Seconds Every 60 Minutes posted at JMviews Meditation and Empowerment, saying, “I’m very practical. I like to suggest empowering practices and simple techniques that clients can incorporate into their lives which consume very little extra time. While there are certainly situations when I suggest time-consuming activities, I more frequently suggest activities that require attention or observation or re-framing.”

Tiffany Colter presents Lesson Learned and How I got here posted at Writing Career Coach, saying, “This blog discusses how to have success beginning from the first day of this New Year!” is Personal.

Ralph Jean-Paul presents Bounce Back After Failure posted at Potential 2 Success, saying, “Some of the most successful people in the world credit their success to a failure they’ve experienced. Bounce back from your failure and you might become one of them. Learn about the different types of failures and how to recover from them successfully.”

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Welcome to the Balance Your Life Carnival. This carnival is dedicated to articles and stories from other talented bloggers that help us live a fulfilling, happy and healthy life in as many areas as possible. Because there were so many great submissions this month, I have broken it out by category and will be issuing a new posts everyday for the next three days. This one is focused on health and happiness. Enjoy!

Featured Articles - Health

Mike Remer presents Wish Exercise wasn’t so Hard? | My Path To Fitness Blog posted at My Path To Fitness Blog.

James Chambers presents Types of Hyperhidrosis posted at Hyperhidrosis.

Jeniffer presents Terrific Tips For Combating Stress posted at thethirtydayyear.com, saying, “What exactly is stress, what does it do to your body, why do we experience it, and what can we do about it? Find out here!”

James D. Brausch presents Is Your Keyboard Making You Fat? posted at Weight Loss Dude.

Joshua Seth presents 10 Reasons Why Weight Loss Diets Fail posted at Joshua Seth Blog, saying, “Did you know that over 90% of people actually gain weight within 6 months of dieting! Here are the top 10 reasons why…”

Kavit Haria presents 10 reasons you should drink wheatgrass juice posted at Wellness Junction by Kavit Haria.

Raymond Le Blanc presents 3 Easy Ways to Lose Weight posted at Cranendonck Coaching. Ali Hale presents How to build new habits posted at The Office Diet, saying, “Are you trying to establish good healthy habits, but giving up after a couple of days? This article gives you a foolproof step-by-step way to start off well and stick with your new habits, from set-up to review.”

The Push Up Coach presents Pros And Cons Of A Personal Trainer posted at The 1000 Push Ups Club, saying, “1000 Push Up Club will help you stay motivated as you do every push up and help you reach your goal - whether it is 50, 100, or 1,000 push ups.”

Featured Articles - Happiness

Sam Zoranovich presents Everyone is Secretly a Genius posted at Unapologetic Genius, saying, “This article details a practice for viewing everyone as a teacher in order to disengage from judgment and recognize your own brilliance and power.” Shawn Driscoll presents Top 5 Reasons We Don’t Know What We Want posted at Shawn Driscoll.

SJ Yee presents Do you have dreams you are afraid to go after? posted at Personal Development for the Book Smart, saying, “A story that will force you to rethink about abandoning your dreams…”

Anna Farmery presents Are you a Prisoner of Your Mind? posted at Widows Quest.

Mark McClure presents Do Quitters Never Win? posted at Mark McClure Today, saying, “Many in the personal development world are fond of quoting this statement: “Quitters never win. Winners never quit.” But, in the context of work and careers, can a person sometimes win by quitting?”

Jirel presents Learning to live with the present posted at Positive and Successful Life Style tips, saying, “The moment we are at this time is the most valuable in our life and I myself always try to utilize this time to get maximum output from my life though I know past and future are equally important for successful life. But past had happened in the past. We can’t go there because time always continues to go on. Future will be there waiting for us. We can make most of our future if only we make most of today. So comparatively the most do utilize time is present.”

JC presents 10 Inspirational & Motivational Movies posted at A Journey Of Dreams.

Paula Gregorowicz presents Coaching4Lesbians » Blog Archive » Use the Chaos to Find Your Center posted at Coaching4Lesbians.

Lorraine Cohen presents Allowing Your Heart and Spirit to Guide You posted at Powerfull Living, saying, “Combining instinct, intuition, and skills with strategy produces amazing results called FLOW!”

Stephen Pierce presents Words of Encouragement posted at DTAlpha TalkBack with Stephen Pierce.

Jeff L. presents HandyLifeAdvice.com » Blog Archive » Life and The Law of Diminishing Returns posted at HandyLifeAdvice.com, saying, “This article is about the effect of the law of diminishing returns on life.”

Stefan Mescher presents Does modern individualism keep you from being happy? posted at PsychologicalSecrets.com, saying, “I’m approaching the topics happiness, success and health from a psychological view point. By means of giving insights from studies and research I try to give readers the most practical advice.”

Astrid Lee presents How To Be Happy posted at World Healing, saying, “Scientific research is now going some way towards creating some proof behind the triggers to happiness. This article offers ‘5 habits of happy people’ - a formula for success you can easily adopt too! Interesting article.”

Jeanie Marshall presents How Do You Know When You are in a State of Balance? posted at JMviews Meditation and Empowerment, saying, “I have focused on the topic of “Balance” every March for thirteen years on a transformational process called DailyAffirm, guiding thousands of individuals through their own unique experiences of balance.”

David B. Bohl presents Getting Things Done Through Delegation posted at Slow Down Fast Today!, saying, “There is a control freak residing inside each of us. As we strive for perfection, we are simply afraid to ask for, or allow, the assistance of anyone else.”

moneychallenge presents The Great Money Challenge: Quality of Life… Now and Forever! posted at The Great Money Challenge, saying, “I don’t have to wait until I have a lot of money in order to have a high quality of life.”

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Welcome to the Balance Your Life Carnival. This carnival is dedicated to articles and stories from other talented bloggers that help us live a fulfilling, happy and healthy life in as many areas as possible. Because there were so many great submissions this month, I have broken it out by category and will be issuing three posts over the next week. This one is focused on balancing your life in the area of productivity and finance. Enjoy!

Productivity

Steven Lohrenz presents Increase Your Productivity Today posted at Steven Lohrenz, saying, “Steve presents a host of things that you can do immediately to get more done in your business, marketing and personal life.”

Semi-Charmed Wife presents Time Keeps On Slippin’, Slippin’, Slippin’… posted at Semi-Charmed Wife, saying, “How time management can boost your productivity and help your dreams come true!”

Carol Bentley presents Death of the long letter posted at Carol Bentley, saying, “Are the marketing approaches of the past dying? Carol addresses the issue and gives tips for your business.”

HL Grove presents Kill Procrastination Before It Kills Your Happiness posted at MoneyWeb24.

Brent Riggs presents G. Brent Riggs - Perseverance. Character. Self Sacrifice. - Self Improvement - Life Management posted at Brent Riggs.

Sagar presents 50 Ways to Waste Time When You?re Broke and Bored posted at Frugal Panda.

Al presents Awaken the Giant Procrastinator Within! posted at 7P Productions, saying, “When you’re not feeling productive for a task, you could try to psych yourself up or try to use sheer willpower. I’m here to tell you that there is another productive option… procrastinate!”

Inquisitor presents Vacation Time In The World Of Finance posted at Mergers & Inquisitions, saying, “A guide to negotiating your vacation even in the most intense of job environments.”

Thomas D. Brownsword presents Work: A Mixed Blessing posted at Business Action Steps.

Alexander Kohl presents How can I make money without reaching burn out? | Massage Marketing Blog posted at Massage Marketing Blog.

Mike King presents Preparing for your own performance review. posted at Learn This, saying, “These are some specific things that if consistently practiced, will make a big difference to improve your reviews every year.”

Warren Wong presents Why You Should Be Careful When Your Business Is Going Well posted at Personal Development for INTJs, saying, “Some reasons to be cautious when your business has been doing really well.”

Philip Brewer presents And did you do it with respect? | Wise Bread posted at Wise Bread, saying, “Certain rules of thumb for deciding how much effort any particular task deserved (such as “always do your best,” “anything worth doing is worth doing well”) never really worked for me. This post is about something that worked better.”

Andrea J. Stenberg, The Baby Boomer Entrepreneur presents De-cluttering Your Mental Spaces posted at The Baby Boomer Entrepreneur by Andrea J. Stenberg, saying, “Worry and unfinished tasks can clutter our brains.”

Warren Davies presents February - Polyphasic Sleep posted at Do it for a Month, saying, “Two weeks into my polyphasic sleep productivity experiment, I’m more productive than I’ve ever been. Well, you tend to be when you’re awake for 20 hours a day! This is a review of my experiences so far.”

Dorian Wales presents 5 Practical Reasons Why You Should Definitely Learn a Foreign Language posted at Personal Financier.

Joshua C. Karlin presents New Productivity Tool posted at Marketing & Fundraising Ideas.

Shawn Driscoll presents 5 Massive Mistakes Keeping You Stuck posted at Shawn Driscoll.

Zoe Lea presents Could you get paid for your hobby? | Flexible Working Life posted at Flexible Working Life, saying, “Do you spend all day waiting to get home so you can work on your hobby? Do you feel passionate about something and want to develop it, expand it and increase the amount of time you have with it? If so, chances are that you could probably get paid to do your hobby. This article works through the ways to start earning from doing what you love.”

James D. Brausch presents Not Enough Time posted at Internet Business Blog.

Louise Manning presents Making connections posted at The Human Imprint.

Tupelo Kenyon presents Make a Decision Easier posted at Tupelo Kenyon, saying, “Decisions needn’t be a chore. In fact, it’s a profound privilege to be able to make decisions for yourself. Consider the alternative. Would you rather have someone else make your decisions for you? The ability to make your own decisions is a good definition of freedom. Here are some tips on how to make better decisions easier.

Finance

WebSiteWerx presents Merchant Processing 102 posted at WebSite Werx, saying, “How to incorporate e-commerce into your business.”

Investing Angel presents How To Avoid A Stock Scam posted at Stock Tips, saying, “There are a lot of pundits out there that offer investing tips for a fee. While some of these investing services may be well worth the money, others are scams are certainly close to a scam.”

Praveen presents The 62/70 Solution for Claiming Social Security Benefits posted at My Simple Trading System.

Wenchypoo presents Comparing Working vs. Staying Home posted at Wisdom From Wenchypoo’s Mental Wastebasket.

Kenton Newby presents Focusing on Leverage posted at KentonNewby.com.

Dan presents The Crashing Wave posted at The New Blueprint, saying, “We can find opportunities in our present crisis to create a better way of life.”

Henry Bagdasarian presents Tax Refund Scam posted at Free Identity Theft Prevention, Detection and Fraud Solutions.

Ask Matt presents Stumbleupon Ads Traffic posted at IM & Affiliate Marketing Product Testing, saying, “Stumbleupon Ads Traffic.”

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Everyday we are faced with things that have the ability to cause stress, frustration or sadness in our lives. We also have an unlimited number of ways to make us feel happy and relaxed. This is a list of 30 things you can do to create instant relaxation, make you feel a bit happier and generally balance your life.

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