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# The Balancing Act

Go through the following questions and tick the ones you would answer ‘yes’ to:

| Question                                                                                              | ✔ |
| ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | - |
| 1. I don’t read spiritual books on a daily basis.                                                     |   |
| 2. I usually end each day with a huge list of things left to do.                                      |   |
| 3. I feel uncomfortable and uneasy when I have time off and no pressing responsibilities.             |   |
| 4. I regularly have a huge backlog of emails / people to contact / messages to answer.                |   |
| 5. I feel like all my energy is taken up by work and career, leaving little energy for anything else. |   |
| 6. I feel my spiritual practices are mechanical.                                                      |   |
| 7. I consciously avoid spending time with others because I have too many things to do.                |   |
| 8. I rarely reflect / introspect / scrutinise my life direction.                                      |   |
| 9. I rarely do charity work or activities which are for the benefit of people I don’t know.           |   |
| 10. I find it hard to sleep / don’t get enough sleep.                                                 |   |
| 11. I have lost a friendship over anger or failing to respect the other person.                       |   |
| 12. I rarely think about spirituality or question things around me from a spiritual point of view.    |   |
| 13. When friends ring me I rarely have the time to have a friendly chat with them.                    |   |
| 14. I feel like I complain and find faults, more than being grateful and positive.                    |   |
| 15. I have health issues which are related to stress, anxiety, or irregular habits.                   |   |
| 16. I have not taken a holiday in a year.                                                             |   |
| 17. My partner or children sometimes complain that I don’t have enough quality time for them.         |   |
| 18. I don’t have time to spend on self-development / exploring things I am interested in.             |   |
| 19. If an emergency comes up in my life I find it very difficult to adjust.                           |   |
| 20. Most of my interactions with people are just about ‘getting things done.’                         |   |

### Evaluation

Count up how many of the statements were true for you. Here is the analysis:

0-7: Great! Keep going 

8-14: Life Balance needs Adjustment 

15-20: Danger! Urgent attention needed

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