There is no such thing as work-life balance. The best we can hope for is work-life harmony.“A solar equinox is a moment in time when the sun appears directly above the equator.” Wikipedia. Twice a year during the equinox, the earth’s axis is exactly perpendicular to the sun-earth line, so we experience nearly equal amounts of daylight to night. If we stand at the equator, the sun is directly overhead exactly at noon. At that moment, in that spot, we’re in balance.Each moment after, the earth begins to tilt, causing an imbalance of sunlight energy. I feel that deeply — that tilt, that imbalance, that misalignment of light. Harmony vs BalanceLike the earth, we rarely experience a perfect equinox of work-life balance, but harmony, now that’s something within our grasp. Most days, like the earth, we tilt, sometimes allowing work to get more of our energy than our personal life; yet, our work often has flexibility to reverse that tilt, allowing us to focus on important life events when needed. When we aim for harmony rather than balance, we live knowing that the mix will sometimes lean toward work and sometimes toward home.
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