Top barriers to work life balance

Augusta

VIP Contributor
Life isn't just about working, you need to create the time for other areas of your life to have a balance. But a lot of times our work life tends to take the centre stage and hinder a balanced life for our wellbeing.

The following are the barriers mitigating against this balance

Inadequate time sharing: You are not giving the right or adequate time for both work and other areas

High workload and job demands ; Taking on too much work will be a barrier to your work life balance. As you would spend more time at work

Lack of high paying job opportunities
With low paying job, you would be in constant struggle to balance your life. You would think more of money making which makes you spend more time working
 

Ganibade

Verified member
Make time management a priority and set aside specific times for work and personal activities. Acquire the skills to assign assignments, express limits clearly, and refrain from overcommitting. Seek employment that prioritizes your well-being over merely financial gain and offers a respectable work-life balance. Recall that living a balanced life increases contentment and productivity in general.
 

raaman

Valued Contributor
In life, you should have work-life balance. Otherwise, you will soon get exhausted. However, at times, it so happens that you have to do more work due to the pressure of work in your work place. But for that reason, you should not neglect or ignore your health. You have to find a way out and allot enough time for your personal life too. Otherwise, you cannot do good quality work in your office and soon you may fall sick.
 

Nite

Valued Contributor
Everyone needs to create a balance between work and other aspects of life in order to maintain overall wellbeing. Our work life often takes precedence and hinders this balance. One of the main barriers to achieving this balance is inadequate time sharing. Many people find it hard to allocate the right amount of time for both work and personal life. This can lead to neglecting important areas such as family, relationships, hobbies, self-care, and personal growth.
 

Good-Guy

VIP Contributor
I think that creating a balance between work and life is a very important thing. There are many people who may want to become alcoholic and they may try their best to work more and more. However, what is the point of working and earning money when you are not even ready to spend it. There are many people who may just become quite stingy and they may never spend money at all.

Under such kind of circumstances, it is very important to make sure that you give time to your friends and family members as well. The best way to do that is by making sure that you create a specific kind of schedule. You can work for a few hours and then you can spend some high-quality time with your friends. You can spend some high-quality time on weekends as well.

This is the period when you may get the opportunity to interact with people. You must realise the fact that it is very important to interact with people due to the fact that social interactions are quite necessary for humans. Not interacting with people could have severe repercussion on human psychology. Unfortunately, many people may never understand this.
 
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