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How to balance between life and work

Have you been attracted by the headline that Johnson a thirty-year-old young man, has been died in his office suddenly”, or have you been surrounded by the voices that our friends, colleagues, even if our bosses complain about our life and work, such as ”I want to hunt for a new job”, ”I want to retire as early as possible”, ”I am depressed, and I am unable to work through the stress both from my family and work.” On the contrary, have you found those who are satisfied with their life and work, and are full of passions and activity, they have revolutionary and innovative spirit, moreover, they can seek and achieve self-fulfillment both from life and work..

How can we cope with our life and work? That’s a complex question which is mixed with social, psychological and philosophical traits. Anyway, that’s an easy question, we can find answers from our ancestors. Many millions of years ago, our ancestors worked as hunters, fishers, farmers and so on, the material they relied on was so little that they had to work after work. The only thing our ancestors had to do in their life is strive for survival, but at the same time our ancestors had developed languages, social emotions, relationships and so on. It’s surely that the work had helped our species to evolve both in physical and social aspects, on the contrary, the benefit they get from work had helped them to work better. There are parallels today. The work can meet our material and mental needs. We can get money, and friendship from work, we will develop the capacity to solve the problems during work, furthermore, we can achieve value and realize higher potential in work.

There are various measures to balance our life and work. The most easiest one is to choose your interest to be your vocation, just like some writers, painters, singers, engineers, astronauts, the greatest benefit is that you can share your life with your work, and you can work during the whole lifetime. If you are not so fortunate, you don’t like your work at all, either look for a chance to hunt for other jobs, or raise your interest in your current one. Anyway, we must remember that if we are incapable of joining life and work together, just separate one from another, and to get your favorite aspects from each one. Work is not the entire life, and life is exactly not the work., it is each are merely a guide to the other.