Alan Watts has a great metaphor for keeping your balance. He says it's like riding a bike. When you start falling on one side, your natural instinct is to turn in the other direction. Of course, if you do that, you fall very fast. The key to staying upright on a bike is to turn in the direction that you're falling into.

The metaphor translates very well to keeping your balance as a human being - go into the direction that you're falling into. In other words, if you find that your body and mind and subconscious is telling you, "I don't want to do X anymore!" don't try to force yourself to do it anymore. And if you find that the message is "I really want to do X" follow it.

Of course, to keep your balance on a bike, you need to pay attention to what your senses are telling you. And to keep your balance in life, you need to pay attention to what your subconscious is telling you.