Many people try to balance work and
other parts of their life. However, this is very difficult to do. What are the
problems associated with this? What is the best way to achieve a better
balance?
People
today are increasingly concerned with individual happiness and work-life
balance. The main problem for most people is that work takes up too much time
and causes mental health issues and the best way to achieve this balance is to work
more efficiently.
The
primary issues associated with work-life balance are the amount of time people
must spend working and how this impacts their mental health. Since the global
financial crisis of 2008, the job market around the world has become increasingly
competitive. This means that old workers may get pushed out of their jobs by
younger graduates willing to work for less and that new graduates have to put
in enormous extra hours to catch up. The end result is more work, which eats
away at a person’s private life. Once your free time becomes restricted there
are a variety of related mental health problems that can appear. For example,
someone who is overworked can suffer from excessive stress, some forms of
depression, and obesity because of the lack of time available to exercise. That
is why there has been a sharp rise in the last decade in these problems.
The
best way for people to combat being overworked and get more time for their
personal life is to work more efficiently. In an ideal world, there would be
ways to alleviate the burden that put less stress on individuals but making the
most of your time is a more pragmatic solution. For example, smartphones allow
people to get a lot of work done in what were previously wasted hours in the
past. You can send emails, make phone calls, and use productivity applications
when waiting for the bus, train, or standing in line. People will have to make
the choice not to scroll through Facebook or read the news but that is a small
sacrifice to have some extra time at the end of the day to do their hobbies or
spend time with a loved one.
In
conclusion, the problems associated with poor work-life balance are especially
apparent because of the current economic climate and the best solution is to
find ways to maximise efficiency. If more people changed their daily habits
related to social media and using the internet, then they might be able to find
more worthwhile passions and not feel as though their life is passing them by.
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