I remember when I first started my practice, over 30 years ago now, one middle aged fellow came in to see me. He had been a high school teacher all of his adult life and he had just resigned. Just like that, right out of the blue. And what did he do next? He put an ad in the local paper and advertised his services as a handy man.
I just couldn’t understand how he could have done such a thing. Give up a career as a well paid professional, with all the security that anyone could ever ask for, holidays all summer long, as well as Christmas and spring break? It was for those very things that many of my friends in university worked to become teachers.
But for this particular man, the career stresses he endured were not worth the price he had to pay. The stress of his job was causing him to burn out. And that’s why he took the actions he did.
And when I look back on it, I say power to him. He remained a handy man until he finally retired from working. He gave up all the perks that went with the teaching job in order to live a more balanced life.
That is in contrast to an uncle of mine who worked at the post office. All he ever did, whenever he came to visit, was complain about how he hated his job, how the supervisors were incompetent and …. But, he would say, wait until I retire! We have a great pension plan and then I’ll be living high on the hog.
As you can imagine, he eventually did retired with his great pension and within a few years, he died. It makes you wonder doesn’t it?
Balanced living is about knowing that your life has a purpose. It’s about being excited about what you’re doing. When you are on purpose, when you have a reason to be, life’s challenges don’t go away, but you are able to face them realizing that they are bringing forward from where you are now. It may not be the way you would like, but in the big scheme of things, “what doesn’t kill you makes you stronger”l. Balanced living helps us deal with life’s never ending stresses.
Dr. Tony Brunelle
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