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INSPO____________________________________________________________________________________ Finding Order Within Life's Chaos Aisha on behalf of Lead-in-Lady A s with the dawn of every other new year, in 2019 most of us will be seeking to change some aspects of our lives – for the better. And a precursor to lasting change is to find balance .Balance is not absolute. It is a shifting paradigm and differs for each person depending on the context and circumstances you find yourself in at a particular time. Although there is no universal concept of balance, we can draw insights from some who have tried to define it. 6 As individuals, we carry the responsibility of exercising reason over the choices we make in our lives, and this requires an understanding of what balance means for us personally. Sometimes our definition of balance needs to be weighed or ‘balanced’ against the needs of the important people who surround us: spouses, parents, children, siblings, leaders, friends, colleagues, business partners, and society at large. But despite our responsibility to them, our personal definition of balance should not disappear and this is where many of us fail.