Balance Between Work and Social Life

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Balance Between Work and Social Life

Lessons from Nigel Marsh’s talk

Nigel talks about how he had always tried to balance work and his personal or social life and how it was becoming too difficult for him to balance between the two. Therefore one of the lessons learned is that it is not always effortless to balance work and social life. The other lesson is that there cannot be a perfect day or an ideal situation, and therefore there are many factors that come into play. These factors make people unable to achieve a truly balanced lifestyle between work and life. For example, if a wife divorces the husband, the ideal situation of having to wake up and go to work will not be motivated enough. Not only this but other aspects of the day will not be balanced and therefore the desire to spend more time with family or with friends will be lessened. Another lesson is that corporations cannot make a person rich since they are designed to get the most out. This acts as a factor that makes it almost impossible to have a quality social lifetime. This is because people are usually overworked and paid less. The decision to spend more time with the family might result in inadequate finance to provide for the family.

Ideal day balanced between personal time, family time, and productivity, according to Nigel.

As he states in the ted talk (4:59), the first step is waking up well rested from a good night’s sleep. The second stage is having sex with the wife. The third stage is waking up the dog then later having breakfast with the wife and the kids; after breakfast, sex followed the second time. After that, he drops the kids at school on the way to the office for work. Work for about three hours, then have lunch with a friend. After lunch, work for another three hours, then meets some friends at the pub for an early evening drink. After the drink-drive home for dinner with wife and kids, after dinner, meditates for half an hour, have sex, wake up the dog, have sex, and then go to bed.

Agreement with Marsh’s suggestions

Yes, I did agree with the suggestions put forward by marsh. Even though he suggests almost an ideal plan for a day to follow, he still states how difficult that is to follow. The reasons given for the difficulties in this are that perfection does not exist since humans have so many varying factors that play almost in everything they are involved in doing. Therefore even though he would like to follow that program, for example, the desire to have sex does not come every time he has timed sex. It, therefore, means human beings have to understand and find better ways to make sure everything is done and keep on trying to balance between work and life where possible because perfection cannot be achieved.

Suggestions for work-life balance

Work-life balance requires a person to know their surroundings. Therefore since different people have different lifestyles and do other jobs, a person needs to know how they will be able to work around their lives and make sure that they have enough time for family while at the same time doing the best in their jobs. This makes life more enjoyable since time spent with family, and other social events or functions enhances a person’s life. However, money is also needed to run one’s life; therefore, work must always have time within a person’s schedule. There is no ideal way of balancing social life and one’s work-life; what matters is how much a person earns or how much they value their social life.

How I balance my work and life.

Balancing my life and work is never easy. First of all, I always prioritize my job and do it to the best of my ability within the shortest time possible. It is not every day I can have a social life. Weekends are for social life, and therefore even if I have very little time for a social life during the weekday’s weekends always cover for weekdays.

References

Marsh, N. (2010). How to make work-life balance work. Www.ted.com. Retrieved July 11, 2021, from http://www.ted.com/talks/nigel_marsh_how_to_make_work_life_balance_work.html?source=facebook#.UXaxBz64Itg.facebook

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