Lore Uriondo Egia

Teacher Susi Rumney

ENG4U

Summative Assignment Part 1

Topic: Importance of work-life balance

Work-life balance refers to the level of prioritization between personal and professional
activities in an individual's life and the level to which activities related to their job are present
in the home. There are a lot of pros of work-life balance, for example increased productivity,
having a less stressed workforce that has satisfaction from work and ensures the well-being
of workers. Today, there are many people who do not have a proper work-life balance, and,
as a result, have significant problems at home and at work that affect many stakeholders.
That is why I wanted to focus on this problem and persuade people that having a work-
balance is important.

To persuade people, I will use many arguments. First of all, work-life balance is important
because it is useful for the workers' health and well-being as it ensures that people would
have less stress, depression, chronic diseases, sleeping and eating problems. The second
argument in favor of work-life balance is that most people think that taking rests will waste
their time, they would like to continue working all the time, but the truth is actually that the
speed of working increases after you take a rest. Thus, I will persuade people that having a
work-life balance increases the productivity of the workers.

The intended audience of my speech will be the general public, especially students and
mid-age adults that are currently being employed. Those people often prioritize work and
study, but do not pay attention to their personal life, family and friends. In fact, they need to
be informed about the importance of work- life balance and encouraged to take action.

After watching my speech, I hope that the audience would understand the importance of
work-life balance and try having a work-life balance in their daily life, which really could help
them a lot. For people, who put their work and study over friends and family, the work-life
balance should be the equilibrium state with the equal amount of time spent on career and
personal life.