I am an advocate for living a balanced life, but that was not the case from the on set. Work life balance was never a thing I considered. Even though it’s actually life balance, since work is part of life. When I get passionate about a project, an idea or something, I tend to dive in with all that I have. This often results in massive results at the detriment of my own wellbeing. After such projects, I tend to be so exhausted. What lacked the most is my health, my family and my peace. My work-life balance concept was work to survive.
No time to live, that was me!
I have barely no time to eat well, no time to move my body as I often sit before a laptop or the computer. Even getting to bed early with my spouse became a challenge. My lifestyle resulted in several illnesses and the doctor was like – Well you start with these drugs! Hell no, I thought! I knew that this lifestyle had to stop immediately! I had to change everything. But I still wanted to continue my passion, my work. How would this be possible? What self improvement approach do I need to employ to achieve a life balance? The first solution was for me to take over 6 medications to get better. Check out me sharing this story on my YouTube channel and see some real pictures/footage.
The documentary that changed my life
But as I read the medications from my practitioner, I realised that I might end up even worse afterwards, because the side effect was more severe than my condition. The big question hit me after I watched a short documentary about health. I saw myself as a protagonist in the documentary and wondered if there was a link between what I ate and how I felt, as that was the approach in the documentary. By the way, the documentary is called “Forks over knives” – a must watch! It captured my attention.
I got even more serious about this new approach. What if I can do without these drugs? A disclaimer here – If your condition needs instant medical attention, then visit your practitioner and go for it. In my case, my health condition would not kill me the next week, so I had an opportunity here. I spent the next week’s reading, researching about health, nutrition, movement and mindfulness. I stumbled upon many articles, books, audio books and more documentaries that spoke to my heart. I was so passionate about getting more knowledge because I wanted to take control of my own self improvement and define what work-life balance or life balance means to me and my family.
What’s the next step of action?
Questions started popping up in my thoughts. My mind! It had been overloaded. I need to dejunk. My mental state, how do I feel? I began to look at my environment to see how I can change things to make me feel better. My kitchen was the place to start. I started training on nutrition for health and fitness. I am not a sport or fitness freak, ubt I wanted to learn the basics. As a mumpreneur, I needed to design a program that could fit into my new daily life. And that’s what I did. I read a whole unit about deep health approaches. That was it! Yes, that was what I was trying to do. Articulated and structured, I happily began to study this amazing approach to work-life balance and self improvement.
More about deep health
In my next blog, I will share more understanding about what deep health is. So if you feel the way I did a couple of months ago, there is sunshine at the end of the tunnel. It has been a 15 months journey for me now and I am getting stronger, healthier and better everyday. My whole family is involved. I love this new me.
3 key takeaways from this blog
- Listen to how you feel. Be sincere with yourself for that is true self love.
- Research and take control over the situation.
- It is a gradual process, so design your own program. No one-size-fits-all!
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Cheers,
Joana
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