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Anna Hughes - The sad truth about balance and how to improve your life

Anna Hughes - The sad truth about balance and how to improve your life

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Laufen und Leben

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Mach´ Trailrunning zu deinem Lifestyle

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Balance, a rather overused buzz word.

Aiming to help us with more ease and - balance.

But what is balance?

Pretty much all year, I´ve been in conflict with trying to keep
and lead a balanced life.

Attempting to spend equal amounts of time on training, my
business, family life and my relationship.

An impossible task to fulfil leading to burn-out, resentment and
frustration.

Motivation for training sucked.

I became very impatient and couldn´t quite understand why.

I also didn´t want to give up my idea of needing to live a
balanced life.

I picked up this idea years ago as a young mum of two children
wanting to provide them a stable, solid life. Smooth
sailing.

But strangely enough, the inner hunger and drive for something
outside this concept drew me in part to ultra running and
seriously undergoing some out-of-zone experiences. Deeply
fulfilling me, giving me a sense of purpose.

The more I was fighting to keep my balance, the worse things
got.

So I had to find a solution and totally re-think my definition of
balance.

What came of it is the realization that balance screws me up and
I believe, it has similar or the same effects on many people,
specially athletes working so hard to keep the balance.

The truth is: It doesn´t work in the long run to keep everything
under control.

Seeking balance causes the opposite.

The inner drive, the longing for something outside these
contraints grows.

That´s when people say: I´m going to tackle a long distance race,
to state one of the many ways.

And what you walk away with is a bag full of exciting, often raw
experiences where you learn about yourself and how you
roll.

Because it´s what matters. How you roll defines your actions.
Break free from your very own concept and idea about balance. And
use the tips I share with you to help you re-define your outlook
on how you live, work, run and play.

To your success!

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