Does your life feel balanced? Millions of people feel overwhelmed with too many responsibilities at work, too many hours of extra time and overtime expected, and too many needs of home and family.Do you feel like you’re running your fastest on a treadmill that seldom slows down and you’ve no time for yourself? If so, perhaps you’ve been thinking of registering for The Balanced Life E-course but have some questions you’d like answered.

Do you wonder if it’s even possible to live a balanced life nowadays? Would you like to know the one thing most important to leading a balanced life?

Of course, you can always email me, Jerry@YourCoachtoSuccess.com, with questions or concerns, but this Thursday, August 28th, you can ask in person.

On August 28th, I’ll be the special guest of Irene Gutmann on her Coaches Corner radio show. Irene takes live call-in’s so tune in and let’s talk about life balance.

The broadcast is on wrcr radio, am 1300, a regional station of New York. To listen in live if you’re outside wrcr’s broadcast range, go to www.wrcr.com and click the “Listen Live” box in the upper right corner. The broadcast begins promptly at 10:07 ET (New York) and runs for 30 minutes. To ask a question live, dial (845)624-1300 and identify yourself as a caller for Coaches Corner.

The most important component of a good life is an awareness of one’s life purpose. A life built on purpose is meaningful and filled with the positive emotions of satisfaction, fulfillment, and joy. Completing a meaningful task, an activity

that is well-aligned with life purpose is a joy.The ultimate good life is a life built entirely around purpose; when work life, home life, and play are all aligned around aspects of one’s life purpose it just doesn’t get any better. That indeed, is the overall purpose of life.We all, at some time or another in our lives, will ask the questions: “Who am I and why am I here? What is my purpose? What is life all about?” We may ask these questions in different forms, but the underlying quest is the same, to understand our reason for being alive.

Congratulations to those who have a good handle on your life purpose. You’re fortunate and blessed to have reached that clarity.

What if You Haven’t Yet Found Purpose”?

But if you are among the majority who haven’t yet found your life purpose, there are lots resources to help you. My own Balanced Life E-course has an entire section on life purpose. You can find more at The Balanced Life E-course.

There are many books on the subject. Two that I recommend are Brad Swift’s Life on Purpose, six passages to an inspired life and Diane Dreher’s Your Personal Renaissance, 12 steps to finding your life’s true calling. The links lead to my reviews of each book.

Keep in mind that life purpose has little to do with what you do and everything to do with who you are being when you do what you do. That sounds circuitous, but it means that life purpose is more about the qualities you display when you do things than what you are doing. Purpose is always defined by states of being, such as helpfulness, generosity, curiosity, adventurous, creativity, etc.

Two Clues to Your Life Purpose

Here are two clues to help you move toward greater awareness of life purpose. One is follow your joy. The second is follow your energy. They will both lead you to the same place, but you may find one approach easier than the other.When you feel good, anywhere from joyous to mildly contented, you’re aligned with some aspect of life purpose. Be aware of the qualities you’re displaying when you catch yourself feeling good. Make a list of these and reflect on the list over time.When you have lots of energy, jumping out of bed eager to get on with some activity you have planned for the day, that too is a good indicator that the activity is giving you an opportunity to align with your life purpose. Keep a record of the times when you are very energetic and enthused by what you are doing. Note the qualities you’re displaying during those times. Again, reflect over time looking for trends.