The dichotomy of balance

I believe there are two ways to achieve balance: Through periodic extremes, or through universal balance. Let me explain.

I have tried pushing myself to the limit 50% of the time, and then use the other half of the time for deep relaxation. However, this just ended up with me being half-assedly productive for half the time, and then spending the other half stressing about not doing anything, resulting in a somewhat unoptimised, self destructive cycle that ended up with me just being burnt out quite a few times.

Now, I'm trying to be universally balanced all the time, to be in a state of relaxation in conjecture with working; or in other words, trying to enjoy the work that I do so that it isn't even really work anymore. This has worked quite well for me, and I will keep you updated.

Have a beautiful day.