The magical nine-square grid helps you create a happy and balanced life

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Nowadays, people’s living standards have improved, but their happiness has declined greatly. Looking into the reason, it is not because they don’t make enough money, but because their lives are not good enough. balance.

Xiao Qi is a senior manager of an Internet company. He is in his 30s and has worked hard to get promoted over the past few years. He now has a six-digit annual salary and has two children with his wife.

In our opinion, this is such a successful life experience, but when chatting with Xiao Qi, he drooped his head and expressed his bitterness.

"When I married my wife, I was still a poor boy, but I wanted to give her the best life. In the past few years, I worked hard and worked like crazy. Later I was promoted , the house was changed to a bigger one as we wished, and we also chose the best kindergarten for our children. But she became more and more depressed, and even shouted to divorce me a few days ago."

Xiao Qi. It’s a typical example of a man who is so busy that he forgets his original intention. He originally wanted to give his family the best life, but he neglected to spend time with his family because of his work. In the past few years, his wife and children have hardly enjoyed any weekend time with him. , this is a typical imbalance between life and work.

I am not the same. I used to work and study very hard, but I also suffered from cervical spondylosis from sitting and looking at the computer for a long time. Without good health, how can I enjoy a happy life.

It can be seen that the reason why we are unhappy is that we focus all our attention on one point. The narrow vision makes us ignore the balance of many aspects of life.

Xiao Qi neglected her family because of her work and was at risk of divorce. I neglected my cervical spine because of my studies and lost my healthy body. It can be seen that any small lack may cause us to lose everything in life.

Therefore, we need to coordinate all aspects of our lives and achieve a balanced state in order to maximize the happiness of ourselves and our families.

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Is it difficult to achieve balance? Is it because my energy is not enough?

The answer is no, research shows that people will have more energy if they can balance all aspects of their lives. For example, a person with good family relationships, good health, and a happy spirit will be more efficient at work than a person who is stuck at work all day long.

The way to have a balanced life is actually very simple. You only need to make a nine-square grid of balanced life.

With this nine-square grid, we can look at our lives from God’s perspective. Just like giving yourself a nutritious meal, meat, eggs, vegetables, and fruits are all indispensable.

This nine-square grid of balanced life was learned by Xiao Mengmeng in Zou Xiaoqiang’s annual planning course, so it is perfect to use it to create her own annual plan. Next, we will draw this magical nine-square grid together.

First draw a large square, divide it equally into nine squares, and then fill in different topics in each square. You can use excel or draw directly on paper.

In the middle box, fill in your name. If it feels monotonous, you can also draw a portrait of yourself or write your favorite motto to motivate yourself.

The other eight boxes need to fill in the eight aspects that we need to balance, namely: work and career, family life, learning and growth, experiencing breakthroughs, leisure and relaxation, physical health, financial management, and interpersonal relationships. community.

Next, we can fill in the corresponding goals according to different grid themes. Because we have made our own dream lists before, in this step we can just split the contents of the dream list and fill them in the corresponding grids.

Suppose my dream list is like this:

1. Learn to draw

2. Learn to write

3. Make a debut This book

4. Keep reading

5. House decoration

6. Travel to Japan with family

7. Cervical vertebra repair

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Then I can fill in the nine-square grid like this.

Learning to write and keep reading must be placed in the study and growth column. Traveling to Japan can be placed in family life, and cervical spine repair is of course placed in the column of physical health.

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During the filling process, some people may have a problem. Some boxes are filled to the brim, while others are empty.

When this happens, you should pay attention. You may have neglected certain aspects of your life, so your life is in an imbalanced state.

At this time, you have to think carefully and be sure to fill in 1-2 goals in the blank box to strive to achieve a balance in life.

For example, when I was doing the Jiugong Grid, I found that my interpersonal social grid was empty. It seems that I had really neglected communicating with friends and building relationships for a long time. So I quickly filled in the grid: meet at least one old friend for dinner every month.

Therefore, the principle of filling in the nine-square grid is that in order to achieve balance, all grids must not be empty. Also note that you should not fill in too much content in each box. You can fill in at most 3 goals, because too many goals will be difficult to achieve.

Such a balanced nine-square grid that belongs to you is ready.

Our lives need the art of balance. Use this magical nine-square grid to help you create a happy life.

Want to know how to achieve these goals? The next article will tell you.

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