Balance Isn’t Bullshit: Creating a Life That Feels Aligned

Unpopular opinion alert 🚨 ⁣BALANCE ISN’T BULLSHIT! And I’m tired of reading/hearing that it is.

You know why? ⁣Because telling women that, "Balance IS bullshit,” is telling all the overwhelmed, overworked, and overscheduled among us that it can’t and/or won’t get any better, so they might as well just get used to it. That’s just how life is for ambitious women. Stop hoping for something else, and embrace the constant suck, because balance isn’t real/possible. ⁣
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Super life advice. Thanks for that. Real helpful. 👌😒⁣
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The Balance Isn't Real Train has gotten reallll full, real quick; A coincidence that it's grown in tandem with Hustle Culture? Who can say. The spokespeople for Balance Is Bullshit get into all these (in my opinion) ridiculous semantics about "perfection," and seesaws, and “What you actually need.”

What we actually need? Speaking for me, pretty sure what I "actually needed" was to not feel like I was living out a dumpster fire day after day…but, um, so…that’s not an option?  
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And they’re twisting it around. I don’t know ONE SINGLE WOMAN, not a damn one, that’s said she’s craving more, “Spending the exact same number of hours per day on each individual area of life.” So why are they pretending like that’s what balance means to anyone? 
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Webster, I am not, but really, to me…⁣
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Balance = feeling healthy, aligned and purposeful while building your ideal version of life⁣
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NO Balance = feeling overworked, overwhelmed, and out of control more often than not; Constantly sprinting and crashing⁣
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Here's the thing, the very bottom line: You don’t have to believe that you can achieve your Level 10 life with a sense of balance. You absolutely don’t have to. But in case you DO want that version of life, don’t count it out because it’s so popular live life massively over-extended and justify it with, “Balance isn’t real, anyway.” ⁣
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Dear, Ambitious Friend Dying for Some Damn Balance, ⁣
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Hang in there! I’ve been where you are! I felt the pain, and I understand to my core how impossible it can feel. Hear me: Hold onto your vision of a balanced life, because you CAN create it, sista! Check out the rest of the blog for lots of ideas, and follow @alirspicer on IG for daily tips, strategies and inspo right in your feed.  ⁣
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I’m rooting for you, and I believe in you, always! ♥️⁣