The underlying cause of being out of balance is generally related to bad habits that have become part of your normal, day-to-day way of doing things.
These habits may relate to your health and wellbeing. Perhaps you eat badly because there isn’t enough time in a seriously busy day to go that little bit further and get a healthier lunch. Or exercise consists of wrestling open a bag of chips, your only meal, sometime during the day.
Or perhaps you are drinking a lot of coffee to fight the fatigue of working longer and longer hours. Or maybe you are unable to make even simple decisions anymore simply because your mind is so full.
Whatever your particular bad habits are, rest assured, you are not alone. They come with the territory and I have had them all. I do know, though, that these bad habits will trap you if you don’t act on them, and from my experience they are particularly hard to shift. Just like smoking, it’s easy to start but amazingly difficult to stop.
Not all bad habits are obvious. It can sometimes be a matter of what you are not doing that is significant. Like not taking enough time to relax, not recharging your batteries by doing the things you love. These are generally by-products of the bad habits we have developed—but they should be listed as well to help you start the change process.
