“Work/Life Balance” There is a lot of talk about “work/life balance” these days. While I appreciate the idea that human beings should spend a significant part of their lives doing something other than making other people rich, I can’t help thinking that it misses an important point: if work and life are opposites, there is something wrong with your work, namely, that you are dead when you are doing it. If you only feel you come alive when you leave the office or factory, you don’t need work/life balance, you need better work. OK, any work can turn into drudgery if you do it too much: doctors, musicians, dancers and other people who love their work can get burned out, but what they need isn’t work/life balance, it’s work/
As a socialistic autodidactic bookworm and a practising mystical atheist, I found your article to be an insightful assault on some particularly insidious clichés.
As a socialistic autodidactic bookworm and a practising mystical atheist, I found your article to be an insightful assault on some particularly insidious clichés.
Haha, thank you!