Achieving the ideal work-life balance has become a common trend in modern society. Ironically, a majority of people fail to strike a work-life balance. This essay will detect some effects and also give some suggestions to deal with this problem.
As losing the balance between work and other parts of lives, there are several unwanted consequences from this trend, and they all tend to be detrimental. To begin with, unbalancing between work and life can exert adverse impacts on people's health since these individuals have a tendency to sacrifice their daily activities and free time to work. This in the long run can result in a shift of mood or mental state or physical tension. On top of that, having an unhealthy work-life balance does harm to parenting. In countries like Japan where people spend the majority proportion of their life working, many parents tend to become workaholics so they hardly have enough time to have dinner or play with their children. Obviously, without adequate supervision from adults, children can easily go on the wrong track and grow up with low self-esteem, sometimes feeling depressed.
However, several methods can be taken to alleviate this issue. Firstly, people need to consider what is more important in their life and take priority to them. After coming home from work, they should not take work stress with them. So, they should find some ways to refresh and take care of themselves and even their small families. People can find peace practicing meditation which helps them go all the way to the end of the breath and down-regulates the stress response. Additionally, people should devise a flexible schedule to allocate time each day reasonably. For instance, they can use many apps on a mobile phone to manage time or follow "the four burners theory" from David Sedaris. The theory is that there are four major burners in a person's life (family, friends, work, and health) and one needs to cut off one of those burners to be successful in time management.
In conclusion, the work-life imbalance can pose a threat to people's health and family but there are some steps are suggested to get through the backlog.
Achieving the ideal work-life
balance
has become a common trend in modern society.
Ironically
, a majority of
people
fail to strike a work-life
balance
. This essay will detect
some
effects and
also
give
some
suggestions to deal with this problem.
As losing the
balance
between
work
and other parts of
lives
, there are several unwanted
consequences from
this trend, and they all tend to be detrimental. To
begin
with, unbalancing between
work
and
life
can exert adverse impacts on
people
's health since these individuals have a tendency to sacrifice their daily activities and free
time
to
work
. This in the long run can result in a shift of mood or mental state or physical tension.
On top of that
, having an unhealthy work-life
balance
does harm to parenting. In countries like Japan where
people
spend the majority proportion of their
life
working,
many
parents tend to become workaholics
so
they hardly have
enough
time
to have dinner or play with their children.
Obviously
, without adequate supervision from adults, children can
easily
go on the
wrong
track
and grow up with low self-esteem,
sometimes
feeling depressed.
However
, several methods can
be taken
to alleviate this issue.
Firstly
,
people
need to consider
what is more
important
in their
life
and take priority to them. After coming home from
work
, they should not take
work
stress
with them.
So
, they should find
some
ways to refresh and take care of themselves and even their
small
families.
People
can find peace practicing meditation which
helps
them go all the way to the
end
of the breath and down-regulates the
stress
response.
Additionally
,
people
should devise a flexible schedule to allocate
time
each day
reasonably
.
For instance
, they can
use
many
apps on a mobile phone to manage
time
or follow
"
the four burners theory
"
from David
Sedaris
. The theory is that there are four major burners in a person's
life
(family, friends,
work
, and health) and one needs to
cut
off one of those burners to be successful in
time
management.
In conclusion
, the work-life imbalance can pose a threat to
people
's health and family
but
there are
some
steps
are suggested
to
get
through the backlog.