I want to setup a life that has a built in back and forth. Leisure/work –  Concentration/idle thoughts. -Travel/home base – Security/vulnerability –  Luxury/hardship. It is the juxtaposition of these things that allows us to appreciate life. Every  person will have their own flavor of this concept and their own time frame for the right balance. It might be 2 weeks or 2 years but anything beyond basic needs for too long, not only makes the mind dull but it poisons our internal dialogue.  We have all heard about how too much of a good thing isn’t good anymore, but we need to stop only applying it to wine and chocolate. 

It is the balance that brings us joy.