Is it possible to lead a balanced life and what is a balanced life? A friend recently mentioned to me that it is impossible to have a balanced life at any given moment. The reason being when you are striving towards something, to attain success in something you need to be focused on it. That means more of you is focused on that than on anything else which means you are not balanced at that given moment. It's give and take. In that moment in order to attain one thing you will need to sacrifice another. One needs to accept this in order to have the focus on the goal you wish to achieve. Deon Potgieter