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Why There Is No Such Thing as Work-life Balance
Throughout the world, particularly in the developed world and in advanced economies, people are being sold a lie about work-life balance, and truthfully, there is no such thing as a work-life balance; it is only your priorities and what we are willing to sacrifice.
The author, writer, and journalist Douglas Murray stated that ‘in life, we get to choose our regret’ What this means is that throughout our lives, we will have many choices, and if we don’t make those choices, we will have regrets which we have not chosen due to fear or inaction.
Every human being alive today who has been alive or yet to be born has a finite amount of time on this earth, and it’s best to spend time wisely.
We live mainly in the modern world and a career-focused environment, particularly in the United States, with an entrepreneurial mindset and the view of pursuing wealth or a successful and lucrative career.
But this choice comes at a price, and the average person in the United Kingdom works 36 hours and 40 minutes per week.
In the United States, employees worked 40 hours per week, while in South Korea, the working hours were 40 hours per week, by gender, from 2010–2021.
In 2021, the average monthly working hours for male employees were 170.4 hours and 155.4…
