If variety adds meaning to our lives, then maybe the shifts in our day can have a similar effect. We might search for balance as a comfort to ourselves—life can appear easier with a semblance of predictability—but by narrowing our days, keeping things on an even keel, we miss out on the reflections, lessons, and meaning we find in the wobble. Striving for constant stability and productivity limits our freedom to express all that we are and can be—there is an incredible richness in being imbalanced because it is there that we encounter variety.
