“All work & No play, makes Johnny a Dull Boy” and “All play & No work, makes Johnny a Lazy Person”.
So the only key to be Successful, Happy & Satisfied is to strike a balance between the two extreme points of any activity, like Work & Play in the above case.
As I am a student myself, I will stick to a student perspective and my examples & stories will revolve around a student’s life. So here it goes.
You may have seen Nerds & Geeks around you. They may be experts in what they do, but are they really Happy & Satisfied? Most of them are NOT!
Same with the Cool People around you, who enjoy life to the fullest and do anything, that makes them Happy. But, are they Satisfied with their Life? Again, Most of them are NOT!
The sense of Happiness & Satisfaction comes, when we’ve got everything we need and our Life is as the way we want it to be, and then the feeling of becoming Successful comes from within.
So, the quote ‘Work while you work & Play while you play’ comes handy here. A student, who makes the most of his time i.e. Study when it’s time to study & Play when it’s time to play, is always Happy & Satisfied in life and needless to say Successful too. A Person who completes his duties & responsibilities and at the same time enjoys his life as well will always be satisfied and never regret for his activities.
We have to strike a perfect balance in everything we do in life. You cannot sit at home & relax for the whole day and on the side, staying out of home all day long is not a good idea either. You have to manage your activities and balance them according to the time and situation.
You cannot be too good as people may exploit you and also you cannot be too bad either. Being too selfish is wrong and too benevolent is foolishness. In short, everything done at its extremes is either illogical, wrong or foolishness. The only way is to get ‘Best-of-Both-Worlds’ by maintaining a healthy balance.
A guy who has no friends is lonely and unhappy in life as he has no one to share or care and on the other side; a guy who has loads of friends is too socially outgoing and has no time for his self-growth or self-development. So, maintaining a balance in this case is having a set of few good friends for having a good social as well as personal life.
This can be applicable to anything (mostly) that we do in our life. Maintaining a balance in everything we do, will help up surf on the waves of life safely & happily.
So finally concluding it, ‘Balance’ is the key to everything in life.