Joe Nichols Quotes

I think it is important to make sure that I have my real life as well, because Hollywood can certainly seem like an alternate reality sometimes.

I don't think balance is something you get from someone else; it's something women have to find from within. For me, finding balance is still a work in progress.

It's important to stay normal and live in the real world. I know this is where you find happiness.

Almost every morning I write in my journal. I've been keeping it for a long time - I've filled more than 50 books. I write about what's going on in my personal and spiritual life or what's going on at work. It helps me keep things in perspective, especially when things get crazy or I get stressed or we have obstacles.

I think that in the last four or five years I've constantly struggled with the balance in my life.

I have not spent years in therapy; I tried therapy in my mid-twenties, and it did not go very well. I just thought, 'This is so not for me. I would rather talk to one of my girlfriends.' I'm not at a point in my life when I'm analyzing too much. I have young children, and I'm just pretty much crazed.

My other life keeps me calm and grounded and normal.

This is a marathon in life. You can't be sprinting all the time or else you wear yourself out. You have to make sure you're taking care of yourself, keeping yourself grounded and not letting every little thing get you worked up.

I think it's important to have as much as a normal life and take the time to get perspective because it only helps your work in the long run.

I'm still living at least five parallel lives, honestly! I wonder about it. I have no idea how that happens.

I've gotten my personal life all the way intact and made sure that it's straight. Without that, you have no foundation. Your building is going to crumble.

The students realize that it's their life I'm talking about: it's out of balance, they're struggling to put it into balance. How are they going to do it?

I want balance in my life.

I'm just trying to get back to normal life.

As with most things in my life, I believe you should try to enjoy yourself and never feel like you are a slave to a routine.

My personal life, my normal life, is so important to me. To be able to go back to my personal life and leave characters behind is important; I don't keep them with me.

Writing can be a tough gig. Whenever you do something in which you put yourself out there - if that becomes the focus of your life, you miss the point of living. You've really got to get the grounding of family and the things that are important in your life and make that your focus.

This is something caregivers have to understand: You have to ask for help. You have to realize that you deserve to ask for help. Because you need to keep on working on your own life.

It can take a long time for some people to find out how to ground themselves, and film sets are an odd atmosphere to do it in - especially if, like me, you finished school early.

My private life is perfect. If your private life and your life outside football is good, then it is good on the field for you.

I want to be happy and stable. My life is clearly going to slow down.

If your environment keeps draining your energy, it's like having a leaky bank account, where any money you're putting into the bank, such as by seeing an energy healer, keeps slipping out. You have to change your environment, including any harmful beliefs, before the energy can stay high.

I like normal life, but I will go crazy if I'm not working.

I loved my life, but my choices were overloading and overwhelming me. Listening to inner feelings and fulfilling some of these urges when they come along is incredibly important.

Balance is so important in our lives. In our busy world, we can give ourselves balance between thinking and feeling.