you don’t need balance, You need alignment.
For years, I chased balance.
Work on one side. Life on the other.
As if they were two separate worlds.
As if the trick was to juggle them better.
So I tried:
More structure. More discipline.
Time-blocked mornings. Guilt-free evenings.
Productivity hacks. Boundaries. Goals.
But it never felt right.
Because the truth is—
I didn’t want balance. I wanted peace.
I wanted my days to make sense.
I wanted them to feel like mine.
Here’s what I’ve learned:
Balance is a myth.
You don’t live two lives. You live one.
And when that life is aligned—internally and externally—
you don’t need to split it.
You don’t need to juggle or justify.
You just get to live it.
Alignment doesn’t mean equal hours.
It means congruent energy.
It means your actions reflect your priorities.
Your work reflects your values.
Your presence reflects who you really are.
That’s the shift.
So when people ask how I “balance it all,”
I tell them: I don’t.
I stopped trying.
Instead, I built a life that fits.
And if you’re done chasing a version of balance that never lands—
maybe it’s time for a different question:
What would alignment look like for you?
Not to fix what’s broken.
But to design a life that feels like yours.
– Floh
