Balance over Perfection

“Eat a balanced diet” sounds like something you are bound to get wrong, but in practice it is far more forgiving than that. It is not about flawless meals or rigid rules — it is about eating a good variety of foods, in roughly sensible proportions, most of the time. There is no single “right” way to do it, and what matters is the overall pattern across days and weeks, not any single meal. The busier your life, the more that built-in flexibility works in your favour.