Ten Signs Your Wellbeing Is Off Balance - Part 2

Welcome back my friends. 

Have you had the opportunity to consider the first five signs from our last post? What did you think?

Now we'll consider there remaining five signs you're off balance.

You’re short tempered
Short temperedness is a strong sign of imbalance and can find itself in the company of someone with an immature social-emotional level.

Short temperedness lies with someone who expects perfection in time and deed which we know is an impossible standard as well as wanting to control the actions of others. 

Consider ow much of our valuable time do we spend planning every single detail of every event, or being disappointed at someone else behavior. 

To avert the long-term dangers of being short tempered one should, with all sincerity, learn to let go of the idea of perfection and enjoy the feeling of unburdening.

You don’t enjoy alone time
Why are you uncomfortable with yourself? Is it too quiet in your home, and you find this unnerving? This is a sign of an overactive (out of balance) mind that desires the need to continuously have stimuli. A calm lake doesn't need to have waves in order to be happy with itself. Like the body, the mind needs to relax, and you need to be yourself.

You don’t like people   

Humans are social animals and societies have evolved around this organization for safety and community. Saying you ‘don’t’ like people is an overgeneralization. This limiting mindset often originates from either a fear of yourself not belonging to a group or the inability to allow yourself to experience with openness the good people truly have to offer. Both circumstances shield you from wonderful experiences due to you holding unrealistic expectations of others as well as not having an openness towards the beauty of people.

Too much entertainment
This is a form of escapism where one turns to diversionary activities like reading, TV, video games, music to avoid knowing and perhaps dealing with emotions or feelings in an honest way.

Do we all need to take a break at times? Sure, we do and in doing so it allows us to unwind mentally and physically. But escapism in some sense can lead to procrastination towards important tasks.

You’re always on the go
This too is a form of escapism and can be a sign of dissatisfaction at home. Home in this sense isn’t necessarily where you sleep, it’s you and your inner being. Being constantly busy is living in the future and not in the present moment. You are planning your next 'adventure'. The ‘always on the go’ is exhausting and depleting of your energy as you look for the next distraction.  

That concludes our ten signs but remember, this isn't to say that just because you experience one or more of these signs at one time or another you will stay there. As with everything in existence, emotions will arise, exist for a time, and then dissipate.

So when one of these signs does arise, recognize it, sit with it for  time, and then let it go.   

I wish you peace and ease,

Vladimir

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