{"id":431,"date":"2026-07-06T17:31:46","date_gmt":"2026-07-06T17:31:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/silviaescobar.com\/?p=431"},"modified":"2026-07-06T17:31:49","modified_gmt":"2026-07-06T17:31:49","slug":"the-myth-of-a-balanced-life","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/silviaescobar.com\/es\/the-myth-of-a-balanced-life\/","title":{"rendered":"El Mito de Una Vida Balanciada"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Para la mayor\u00eda de los temas, detesto fuertemente los extremos. Ya sea pol\u00edtica, religi\u00f3n, pensamientos de \"siempre\" y \"nunca\", etc. Los extremos suelen ser peligrosos y de mente cerrada. Me gusta el equilibrio. Me gusta estar en el medio donde puedo ver en todas las direcciones. Encuentro que esto me ayuda a aprender y estar abierta a la posibilidad de estar equivocada.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Sin embargo, cuando estaba educando a nuestros hijos en casa, aprend\u00ed una lecci\u00f3n muy valiosa. Hay momentos en que los extremos son necesarios. O est\u00e1 completamente comprometido(a) u obtiene resultados mediocres. En las \u00e1reas donde est\u00e1bamos completamente comprometidos, florecimos. Y en las \u00e1reas donde no lo est\u00e1bamos, no fue asi.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">En su libro, \"The One Thing\", Gary Keller y Jay Pappasan escriben sobre este mito.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\"Los resultados extraordinarios requieren atenci\u00f3n y tiempo enfocados. El tiempo en una cosa significa tiempo lejos de otra. Esto hace que el equilibrio sea imposible.\"<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">`Keller, Gary; Papasan, Jay. The ONE Thing (p. 65). Bard Press. Kindle Edition.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Tomemos el cl\u00e1sico dilema de familia versus trabajo. En lugar de sentirse siempre culpable por pasar demasiado tiempo en una cosa y no en otra, ser\u00eda \u00fatil dividir el tiempo en temporadas. Cuando los ni\u00f1os son peque\u00f1os, requieren m\u00e1s tiempo que cuando son mayores. Invertir en su formaci\u00f3n y aprendizaje a una edad temprana reducir\u00e1 el tiempo requerido cuando sean mayores. As\u00ed que quiz\u00e1s, durante el tiempo en que son peque\u00f1os, un padre o una madre puede dejar algunas cosas menos importantes en espera mientras se enfoca en esta temporada, sin deshacerse por completo de cosas que le energizan. Tal vez disfruta salir al cine cada semana, pero ahora tendr\u00e1 que organizar una noche de cita una vez cada dos semanas o una vez al mes. Ya llegar\u00e1 el tiempo cuando podr\u00e1 hacerlo una vez m\u00e1s, solo que no ahora.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Si cumplir ciertas metas financieras es lo m\u00e1s importante para una temporada, est\u00e1 bien hacer saber a sus seres queridos que hay un marco de tiempo, por ejemplo, los pr\u00f3ximos tres meses, en los que no estar\u00e1 tan disponible, con la excepci\u00f3n de estar en casa para cenar juntos y salir juntos dos veces al mes. Tal claridad controla las expectativas mientras libera a la persona del sentido de la culpabilidad.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">El equilibrio es un mito. Significar\u00eda que todo importa por igual en todo momento y eso es mentira. Cada vez que decimos s\u00ed a una cosa, estamos diciendo no a otra. Cuanta m\u00e1s claridad tengamos sobre lo que queremos, m\u00e1s f\u00e1cil ser\u00e1 elegir hacia qu\u00e9 lado se inclinar\u00e1 la balanza. De lo contrario, sin intenci\u00f3n, se inclinar\u00e1 la balanza en la direcci\u00f3n que tome el viento. Y as\u00ed, nadie gana.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>For most subjects, I strongly dislike extremes. Whether it be politics, religion, always and never thinking, to name a few. Extremes are usually dangerous and closed minded. I like balance. I like to be in the middle where I can see in all directions. 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