That means that when we talk about balancing our time, we really mean counterbalancing where we spend our time.Īt its core, to counterbalance is to allow yourself to go out of balance. Whenever we spend time on one thing, we’re taking time away from something else. When we balance on one foot, we are constantly making micro-adjustments – constantly counterbalancing – to appear like we are in balance. The very act of balance, whether you’re standing on one leg, applying weights to a measure, or trying to juggle is just an illusion of counterbalancing-shifting back and forth. What we’re looking for is counterbalance. But is it balance that we’re really looking for? Balance seems to be a magical, mystical state of being that’s tossed in our direction as something we should want to achieve but is just out of reach to actually attain. That’s a lot of wasted writing on a topic that doesn’t actually exist. While no small potato, it’s still more than a mere 656 million fewer hits than the “work-life” balance phrase.
Turns out this famous actor and producer, who has more than 140 acting and producing credits to his name at the time this article was written has 36.8 million. For comparison purposes, we Googled Tom Hanks. In fact, if we Google the term “work-life” balance, we get about 693 million hits in return. When it comes to our lives, we always hear about achieving balance.
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