I think I did one of these before, though I view my life a bit differently now, so maybe my answers will be different and/or I can provide more value to those interested.

Quick background on me and poker to get the ball rolling:

I've been playing poker for a few years now for a living and admittedly I've struggled to maintain good balance in my life. I have been on the extreme end of obsessing over getting better at poker, literally spending something like 7-10 hours a day every day on study and playing, to taking months off barely playing 20 hours a week, ignoring study, and essentially just being a degenerate drifting along.

My current state is relatively balanced, though not anywhere close to perfect. Working on getting there though. I am consciously seeking to improve the health of my poker game, fitness level, and social life. Things are coming together. Feel free to share stories about poker and life in this thread, I'd love to read them. I think we can all relate to being out of balance, and whether it was by luck or choice, I'm sure we've experience periods of good balance where we've felt content.

Fire away.