The hard thing about balance is if we really want it, we have to make difficult decisions.
If you imagine a balanced scale with one side of the scale outweighing the other, there are only two ways to bring the scale back to equilibrium.
You can either take something away from the side that is heavy or add something to the side that is light.
It works the same way in our lives and in our horsemanship.
The first step is to realize that an area of our life is out of balance.
The second is to determine what practices/behaviors we need to add to our daily rhythm, or what practices/behaviors we need to take away.
If you want to recover a sense of balance, it doesn’t happen in your head - it happens in your life and as such requires action.
What’s an area of your life where you have fallen out of balance?
What is one behavior/practice you can take away or add to help you return to a healthier equilibrium?
Every time you saw YES to something, you are saying NO to something else.
We are about to enter 2024 in just a few weeks.
There are so many choices, so many things to do, and endless possible ways to spend our time.
In these upcoming months of the year, our calendars get filled with holiday parties, travel, work/school functions, and plans galore.
We often enter the New Year feeling tapped out, stressed out, sick and over extended.
I encourage you to ask yourself this powerful question repeatedly over these upcoming weeks and months: “If I say YES, what am I saying NO to?”
I certainly plan to ask it myself 🙂.
Let me know what you discover about your 'yes's and no's' and the balance in your life and your horsemanship.
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