Work/Life Balance - And Why It's Impossible To Achieve
Balance between work and life is truly a beautiful concept! The idea that work never gets in the way of your life, your family and your personal time and that you can accomplish both in a perfect balance is appealing! However, after being through college and currently my career with what many people consider pretty good time-management skills, I can tell you for sure that this utopian concept does not exist. At least, not in the way you think. Now, I am not here defending the idea that you should ditch your personal life, friends and beloved ones and work your ass off, covering inhuman hours in a single week. That would be hypocritical of me, a person that usually starts my working day at the usual 9am-10am and clocks out at the end of the day, doing something else unrelated afterwards. However, I've seen close friends and people within my social circle with a distorted understanding of what a balance between work and life is. An understanding that actually makes your life more str