Dear Son, somewhere along life’s journey, but maybe as late as midlife, adults eventually see the critical connection between Mind, Body, Spirit, Money and HQ.
The paradox is that what’s most important, balance, is something we’re never taught to master.
Dear Son, let’s say a Father and a daughter sit down to discuss the school year strategy. The daughter believes excelling in her favorite subjects makes the most sense. The Father believes doing well in every subject, at the risk of not excelling in any, makes the most sense.
Mind, Body, Spirit, Money, HQ. These five Big Life Choices are deceptively simple. Their interconnectedness is so critical to work life balance that we can all see the obvious truth, but most midlife Boomers become immediately overwhelmed with the thought of excellent work life balance in all five.
The big question for Boomers is, “Now that we’re here (midlife), is it even worth it to try to change?” This is a question that most of us never thought we’d have to ask. And even if we did have to ask it, we thought our answer would be easy, “Sure, it’s time for a sensible change”.
But how are you feeling right now about the prospect of starting over to get healthy: physically, spiritually, mentally, financially and administratively?
So much of what happens in midlife, Baby Boomers never see coming. Well, we saw it long ago, but we said, “That will never happen to me because I’m smarter than that”.
Fast forward our lives from the blissful, ignorant days of our youth. Here we are, faced with our lifetime of misguided priorities. We have become the older people we swore we’d never become.