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 is 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 aged 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.
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
is 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 aged 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.