Harmony and Balance

My brother is experiencing “real world” situational depression and trying to find the balance between work and play. When he dedicates all his time to work his "life" suffers. When he tries to live it up too much, his work suffers. His inner conflict has created a lack of motivation a cross the board and a high level of un-organization and inefficiencies. As I listened and empathized I stopped him and asked him one question: what makes you tick? He didn’t have an answer...so I asked him again...what makes you tick?...He then asked me what makes me tick... I went on to tell him a long list of things that I need on a daily basis from an organizational perspective, nutrition, rest, exercise, hydration, relationship/family, and fun perspective. He looked a bit perplexed. So I told him to start writing down everything that made him tick. As he was writing, I then asked him another question: what is your perfect day like? From wake up to sleep, what does it entail? What do you do, what do you eat, what do you wear, where do you go, do you exercise, who are you with, etc. I then looked at this perfectly balanced day that encompassed work, nutrition, exercise, love, fun, rest, and family and asked him about the one thing I noticed missing. How do you organize all of this? What does it take to create that perfect day? What would he have to do the night before to prepare? How would he need to wake up to get it started on the right track. After we went over everything that he had an answer for...I then asked what would happen if he decided to not wake up on time? What would be the consequences to his mood, his morning, his exercise, his energy? He had answers for everything... and with those answers, a light bulb burst out of his gingery head...he was beginning to see how pressing snooze on the alarm clock can create a snowball effect of half ass energy into the rest of the day. How a clean room and house allows him to be more efficient and positive which in turn carries into every aspect of his life. He realized that being "dialed in" in one area made him want to have everything organized, clean, and efficient INCLUDING WORK! When things work in perfect harmony and balance, it allows other things to work in harmony and balance. If you decide to get lazy in one area of your life, you will become lazy in all areas. IT IS IMPOSSIBLE to be working at 100% in one area and 50% in another. The universe will not allow it. Even if you think you are at 100% in one place, try making all other aspects of your life 100% and see if the original 100 was actually fully "dialed in" at all...