Reflection: Perfectly Imbalanced

Sneaking in some rest outside while Kennedy naps.

Recently, at the start of a yoga class, our teacher told us that she was entering a new phase in life—a new full-time job—and that she was struggling to find balance in her new rhythm.

She went on to share that, sometimes in life, we aren’t meant to be in balance.

That sometimes our world shifts in a new way, and that things are shaken up for a reason; that we are naturally, perhaps perfectly, imbalanced.

This resonated with me a lot, as a new mom to a two-month-old daughter. All my previous structure and routine has been shaken, and in a sense, I’ve felt off-balanced.

For my first few weeks as a mom, I tried to insert balance into my new whirlwind of motherhood. I tried to create all the structure and routine that I once had, only to find that it is nearly impossible as I’m at the beck and call of my daughter, who’s needs seem to shift every moment as she rapidly grows and changes.

I’ve come to learn that maybe I’m not meant to be in balance right now.

That maybe the only way I will grow and expand is to be off balance at certain times in life.

That said, I do my best to get in all my priorities (rest, exercise, nutrition, meditation, blogging, etc.), but it doesn’t always all get done. Even when it does get done, it isn’t always seamless.

It isn’t always balanced. Often, it’s not.

Life has been a little lop-sided, and that’s okay. Actually, I think the lop-sided aspect has brought me greater patience, to better appreciate when things do happen smoothly, to expand into a greater being.

Just a reminder that, even if things feel unstable as the season shifts, it’s all happening the way it’s supposed to happen.

xoxo — Megan