Balance

I'm a huge fan of balance. Balance in nature, lifestyle, work & play, tightrope treachery, and the budget; but not the budget that I'm not included in. Fuck that budget.

I like to apply balance to everything in my life. For instance, my cell phone is a flip phone that has two modes: flipped up and flipped down. Throughout the day though I like to see if I can make it stay between flipped up and flipped down, or up-flipped-down. This is hard to achieve though as I've only accomplished this feat a few times. Or maybe never. I'm not too sure.

I do the same thing in my car with my turn signals. There are three modes for turn signals: left, right, and straight. Straight is between left and right, but no turn signal can be seen for it. That's the direction we go most of the time. You don't need a light to show off something you're always doing. That's why a light only comes on for left and right.

Now, back to balance. Between straight/left and straight/right there is an area of balance that I like to aim for in my car, it's called left-straight and right-straight. A turn signal light won't come on in these modes, but you'll know where you're headed, and that's all that matters. These balanced turn signals can be tricky to achieve, but with some finesse, you can attain them. It's an exhilarating feeling to know that you've fiddled with a contraption and made it do something the manufacturer didn't intend on it doing. Sometimes I do this balance trick even when I don't need to make a turn.

Ever try to balance something on your head like scissors? It's kind of a tough thing to do – and maybe even a little dangerous. I'm looking into yoga right now. Hopefully I'll become acquainted with my center of balance better. Then I can apply balance to more things throughout my day.

~Anthans