Hmm. Disagree. Sure, balance is bunk if you’re taking it to literally mean that equal hours of the day go into different activities, etc. But what it really means is that no one thing feels like a time-suck or is going neglected. Balance is a feeling; ‘balanced’ is how you’d describe your life if you felt like most/all of your needs were being met. Maybe balance for one person means spending 80% of the time on career pursuits and 20% on personal life (or vice versa), but if it’s meeting the needs of the individual, it’s balance nonetheless.