> Somebody once described balance to me as three buckets filled with water.
I'm not agree with this. I think physical health should absolutely be the number one priority.
Let me just put it coldly here: career can be re-established, friend can be re-found, losing family is a painful struggle but it's not impossible to start from scratch. But physical health, once you lose it, you'll likely lose everything else too. The same thing is also true for mental health.
That said, I would not put my health on any kind of trading table, it's the only thing that I actually own, and I can't afford to dis-own it.
Also, I don't think it's a "three buckets problem", someone probably invented it so they can talk about such thing safely in front of their boss.
You work to improve your life, and you need a good life so you can and know how to improve the life of the others (through the product you helped making). It is hard for someone to generate good results if they're living in miserable condition. A good boss should know this.
> Let me just put it coldly here: career can be re-established, friend can be re-found, losing family is a painful struggle but it's not impossible to start from scratch. But physical health, once you lose it, you'll likely lose everything else too. The same thing is also true for mental health.
You may want to consider rating mental health higher than physical health. They are correlated, but if in doubt and/or if you need to choose, mental health is the one.
And that's where the social/family component comes in. And the work component. Both contribute to mental health. Just as physical health does. But if work and family/friends "buckets" suck, then no matter how tip-top shape you get physically, mental health will suffer.
Therefore, it makes sense to not place the physical health bucket over the other two. All has to contribute to mental health.
I'm not agree with this. I think physical health should absolutely be the number one priority.
Let me just put it coldly here: career can be re-established, friend can be re-found, losing family is a painful struggle but it's not impossible to start from scratch. But physical health, once you lose it, you'll likely lose everything else too. The same thing is also true for mental health.
That said, I would not put my health on any kind of trading table, it's the only thing that I actually own, and I can't afford to dis-own it.
Also, I don't think it's a "three buckets problem", someone probably invented it so they can talk about such thing safely in front of their boss.
You work to improve your life, and you need a good life so you can and know how to improve the life of the others (through the product you helped making). It is hard for someone to generate good results if they're living in miserable condition. A good boss should know this.