Living life is not just about waking up each day working for money, tiring yourself and not realizing how much time are wasted. I know that we have different views on how to live life to the fullest, but one thing is for sure, we need to enjoy it.
Most of us are stressed with too much work, complaining about the limited personal time or leisure time, which is simply the “work-life balance”. I’ve read a blog about this work-life balance, which was described in a different but optimistic perspective and I want to share what I can recall (because I can’t remember where I’ve read that blog, but the message reached my heart that’s why I am able to share it).
So here it goes:
As a working professional, we need to devote most of our time working, rendering overtime on weekdays or even on weekends. Work can take up to 10 hours of our time or even straight shifts for worst cases. As a person or as a human being, we are also bound by our limits to perform maximum efficiency thus resulting to complain about “work-life balance”. But have we ever accepted the fact that we chose this and that we are working for money, instead of money should be working for us?
Take this example for instance, a friend invited you to play a friendly basketball game, since you love playing basketball you agree. So what do I mean by this? You accepted the invite since you love playing basketball even though you will not receive any compensation for the time you spent playing. Are you now getting my point?
So the fact that you accepted the job offered means that you like what you will do or will be doing in the future. What about overtime? Basketball also have overtime, especially when the game is intense. Same with work, overtime is needed when the project schedule is fast approaching. The only difference is that money is working for you while you’re enjoying what you do. See?
But if you still want a “work-life balance” which is 8 hours of work and the rest is personal time, then maybe you need to change your career path and do something that really interests you. 😀
shembot 