Task 2:

In the contemporary world, many people endeavor to balance the trade-off between work and
other aspects of lives, but only a minority achieves this balance. This imbalance entails disastrous
impacts, so some measures should be done to address the problems.

On the one hand, balancing between work and other parts of life portends grave consequences.
First of all, this issue can increase the risks to both the physical and psychological health of workers. To
be more specific, people who immerse in working spend less time taking care of themselves and
restlessly keep their eyes glued to computer screens, thereby having headache, sore eyes and
exhaustion. Moreover, when people overwork to a certain extent, people may lose a sense of job
satisfaction and therefore descend into a state of job obsession and stress. Consequently, they could be
indifferent and perpetuate to isolate themselves from society. Ultimately, their network of relationships
will be detrimentally affected, for they disregard the time for family gatherings and socialization.

On the other hand, some actions should be done to mitigate the aforementioned problems. In
terms of legality, government should impose the employment laws regarding the rational timeframe
employees work for and promotion. Furthermore, employees are supposed to build a gymnasium or
health center for staff to strengthen their health and diagnose their psychological problems if necessary.
Another approach is encouraging the people take time out to have a rest as they feel overwhelmed with
work. Hence, before they resume work, they can have much chance to discover themselves and enjoy
leisure pursuits, so they can be more focused, less burnt out and sustainable in the long run.

In conclusion, work and life balance is so difficult that not many people attain this due to some
particular reasons. Anyways, some effective solutions should be proposed to alleviate the difficulty.