Balance

In life, we have to learn how to balance things. I believe that balance is one of the most crucial skills for survival. For example, we have to balance our social life with our responsibilities. When we go to parties, we should make sure that we took care of all of our school work, paying the bills, etc. This way we can enjoy the party without having to worry about any of that stuff. Another example is, we have to learn how to balance our money. Most people are not billionaires and I find it funny that people still go to the mall and spend hundreds or even thousands of dollars on their credit cards knowing that they cannot pay it back. Why is it that expensive material items cloud our better judgement when we shop at a store? We should be more alert to these things and not go over our limits in terms of spending money. We should only purchase things only when we know it fits into our budget. Sometimes balancing can be hard, for example if we have three thousand dollars in spending money and we need both a brand new computer and a new television, we could only purchase one and in this case it's not possible to balance this so we have to make a sacrifice. Either we get the T.V. or Computer. Once we learn to master the art of balance, we become more cautious and as a result we make fewer mistakes in life.