The Source Of Happiness Is Not Just Material, This Is The Importance Of Maintaining Balance In Life

Illustration of Happiness (Photo: Pixabay)

JAKARTA - The happiness of life is often identified with material adequacy. The more abundant it is, the easier it will be to achieve happiness. However, fast-paced modern life often creates such pressure.

Therefore, maintaining a balance between work, family, and personal needs is a challenge for many people. With mindfulness or living with full awareness, a person will be able to focus more and overcome anxiety that often arises due to a fast lifestyle.

Being an artist requires me to be ready 24/7 to continue working. If you look at it, it seems impossible to do other activities. However, as long as I have been active for more than 40 years in the art industry, all forms of ideas, ideas, and inspiration are present when I give my full focus to the surrounding environment and maintain a balance of lifestyle," said Teguh Ostenrik, a visual artist at the PechaKUCHa Night Jakarta Vol press conference. 47 virtually, Thursday, May 3.

Teguh and four other inspirational figures will share ideas about financial problems, relationships, good consumption and careers, as well as how to maintain mental health amidst work pressures and routines in big cities.

PechaKUCHa Night Jakarta which will take place on Friday, May 4 at MavSpace (Maverick Indonesia) and take the theme "Mind Over Matter", invites the audience to be more aware and care about a healthy and balanced lifestyle amidst the busyness and pressures that exist.

Each presenter conveys his idea with the concept of a presentation of 20x20 typical of PechaKucha, which is to display 20 pictures each which will be shown for 20 seconds.

The application of a lifestyle full of awareness in planning finances is an important axis in maintaining balance, according to Rizzandi Ary and Bagus Anindityo, CFPwas & Founder @OTW.FIRE.

In the process of traveling, a person needs to consider the values and goals of their life, so that they can allocate funds wisely and build a sustainable financial life.

"In a financial context, mindful living teaches to have full awareness of our financial condition, and to make wise decisions based on the values and goals of our lives. This is what encourages OTW.FIRE to disseminate the concept of traveling to financial independence," said Bagus Anindityo.

It is different from the Founder & Principal of Architect DFORM, Mande Austriono. For him, a consumption lifestyle full of awareness actually involves an understanding of the influence and impact of each of our consumption on the environment and society.

He implements the lifestyle practice of consumption by involving thoughts that are critical of consumption choices, and prioritizing the use of environmentally and socially friendly products and services.

Living minimally involves reducing the number of goods and objects we have, focusing on the quality and usability of every item we buy. My wife and I prioritize happiness and satisfaction through reducing consumption and possession of objects, as well as increasing awareness of the true meaning and value of each item," explained Mande.

Having a higher awareness of yourself can also help and build healthier relationships with others, such as Ashtra Dimach, Certified Life Coach, Doula & Founder of Halo Ibu.

"By having better strength and emotional balance, we can better communicate and build better relationships with others," Ashtra explained by adding that he is also learning to overcome various problems and challenges in his life, and responding in a more positive and conscious way.

Ashtra said that building the sense of empathy and understanding he found after becoming a bith doula and helping others greatly helped him build healthy relationships by understanding his own feelings and experiences as well as others.

With the right awareness and decisions, we can overcome the influence of an unhealthy environment and fast-paced environment, and build a more balanced, conscious, and sustainable lifestyle.