Three Boxes of Life

Dalen, thank you for your kind words. Yes, we are human; we need to recreate ourselves. Note: re-create. We need downtime.

 

In a famous study entitled the Three Boxes of Life by Richard Bolles (who also wrote the original What Color Is My Parachute - more recently titled What Color Is Your Parachute?), the author points out all of us live in three boxes: work, play, and recreate.

 

We need to work, of course, to survive, or most of us do.

 

We also need to play, have fun, recharge our batteries, rest.

 

Then, we need to re-create ourselves, develop ourselves! This is not play. It is why people like you return to online education - to fully develop themselves.

 

Bolles points out that we need to have these three "boxes" in balance. Each needs roughly the same amount of time, attention, energy as the other two. So, do not be hard on yourself for wanting balance in your life between these "three boxes." It is the key to health, happiness.