Phases of Being What Is Humans?

Our Central Nervous System sits behind our brain and dictates over all other things how we act and behave. We have three phases inside of this central nervous system; ventral aka free, sympathetic aka fight or flight and then dorsal aka depression. Those three phases supersede our feelings and our moods. Your CNS can be affected though by your daily habits and routines. When we are operating at a high capacity we are resting and working equally creating a flow state where we feel free and creative. 
 
In society we are often told that more is more. The harder we work the more successful we will be, but there seems to be a limit. We have to focus on rest and recovery the exact same way that we focus on the work or else we will slip into the sympathetic phase. A fight or flight moment in which we are neither free or creative, but rather stressed and frantic. While this is ideal in times of severe distress this rarely is the phase that high level performers operate at. 
 
By stepping back and keeping up with daily maintenance we are able to get into flow more often than when we run ourselves into the ground. The ability to step back and recognize when we are overwhelmed and run down, isn’t made better by working harder. Being held accountable for these behaviors takes pressure off of our Central Nervous System and puts it back onto our daily behaviors. When we change our mindset around work life balance we can have a better understanding of when we are at our best.