We can always play by ear

-Shakira

I'm having some balance issues lately. Physical ones - I could do with a lot more yoga in my life, and I've been drinking too much caffeine.

But I'm having problems with the other kinds of balance, too. School and life; reality and optimism; sleep and activity. I'm not really sure what balance means for me. Serious question: What does balance mean for you? Or do sane people just give up on balance, because it's like chasing the Holy Grail?

While we're talking about this sort of thing: what does happiness really mean, really look like? Especially for a grad student. How do they work? Are they even worth pursuing? Because happiness and balance are very far away from me; and yet, that doesn't mean that I'm a sad sack or all bi-polar manic. It just means that I'm busy, and that I giggle sometimes, smile others, and growl in between. Maybe this is balance?

All these questions might mean that I should have taken more philosophy classes. But I can't stomach that mumbojumbo; I prefer to remember to trust in God and get on with it.