Jacque Findlay

I love New Years. I love new beginnings. New opportunities. I understand you can start ANYTIME, but there is just something about a new year for me that really recharges my batteries. As I look at my new years resolutions I think of what goals I can set in my life that will help me achieve balance. I firmly believe that finding balance is the key to happiness. Like real happiness. The kind you feel when you are alone in a room with no one around. That kind that makes you stop, sigh, and realize just how content you are with your simple life. Finding balance is the key. I believe that to achieve happiness you need to focus on balance in 4 areas. If you put too much emphasis in just one of these for areas then you are going to achieve the highest level of happiness that you possibly can. “Happiness is not a matter of intensity, but of balance, order, rhythm and harmony.” Being happy doesn't mean getting everything you have ever wanted. It means taking joy in the small moments

It's amazing how much a few years can teach you about yourself. I know myself pretty well and yet I feel like I learn more and more about me everyday. The last 3 years have been quite the roller coaster ride. In the process of achieving balance, I have been through a lot of ups and downs. It's usually times like these...2am on a Saturday night....that I start thinking about how I am doing at finding balance. I firmly believe that for a person to be at their happiest they need to have balance in 4 areas in life. 1. Physical 2. Spiritual 3. Financial 4. Social Imbalance in one area affects them all. For example, if you don't feel good about yourself physically it may affect your social life. Or if you don't feel stable financially it may affect your attitude therefore affect the Spiritual, Social, and...if you are like me and eat your emotions....it will affect you physically. There have been a few times in my life where I have achieved pretty good balance in