[Malcolmlisk]

In the first year or psychology you learn a lot of words and scientifical language. One of those words you learn is the "homeostasis". Which means the balance between highs and lows and how crucial is for a healthy life. You can study it in basic conditioning (a balance between stimuly, or you can create learned helplessness), in personality (a balance between happyness and depression makes you happier than the happiest person in the world), neuropsychology... and any other field with the same theory behind. So yeah, having balance between everything in your life is the most important thing you can achieve.

[HPsquared]

As an amateur I like to call this "the quest for balance".. You can see it in all kinds of behaviours. Like if someone is very buttoned-up and restraining themselves constantly in one part of their lives, they'll be the opposite of that in some other context (e.g home vs work) to maintain balance.

[oriel]

As a human, I like to think of this akin to how we walk/run/etc; eg, the act of Not Quite Falling Down.

[Bancakes]

“The Molecule of More” is a really good science based book on exactly that - drive, reward, and inhibition. I don’t know a better source that explains dopamine-and-friends in a more concise yet palatable way.

Would you recommend any literature?

[Malcolmlisk]

I don't have any specific book on the topic. But you can find homeostasis in almost any scientific medical book. From 'principles of internal medicine', 'acquiring gnomes' or even the magnificent Sapolsky's 'why zebras dont get ulcers'. They all have chapters about homeostasis and the principles of balance in everything.