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Why Work-Life Balance Is a Myth.
Life has many facets and work is one of it. It’s wrong to separate work from life. Live at work and improve your health and happiness.
How would you describe your life, if you were to completely exclude your work-life from it? Is that even possible? I dare say: no.
When I think about a normal week of my life as an adult and parent, I cannot exclude work. In fact, through work, I’ve met and got to know many of the people I love and connect with. So how can that not be part of my life? I understand that “balance” does not mean to completely exclude one part and below I describe why I still think this concept is wrong, nonsense, and misleading above all.
Dare To Say No
Sure, work has limits. But so do all other parts of my life as well. I don’t work on weekends, because I need time for myself, my family, my children, and my friends. The same is true for my kids: I don’t give up my own life for my kids, because that would be teaching them the wrong thing: to give up oneself for others.
At times it is right to put yourself behind the needs of others. What happens though when you do…
