It is without a doubt that work can help us find ourselves, make a difference, and perhaps to live a happy life. But in this pursuit of happiness, we sometimes forget that we also have lives to live and times to spend with our loved ones. That’s why it’s important to strike some balance here between life and work to avoid stress and to maintain a healthy wok atmosphere.

The old saying goes: ‘healthy body, healthy mind.’ That’s why if you want to physically feel well, you have to maintain your mental health and vice versa. That can be achieved by doing daily exercises and eating healthy food. You can’t keep working like a machine without taking breaks, and you can’t keep thinking about work or take it home with you. This won’t only ruin your family relationships but worse still, the stress caused by such behavior can cause other physical problems like high blood pressure or heart diseases.

So if your life is all about work, then you’ve missed a lot of interesting and positive aspects of life that make you an interesting person to other people, especially to employers. Thus, having other interests outside the work environment helps to improve your social skills and to build a well-rounded and sophisticated character that will eventually make you more attractive to people, and you can share those experiences with them. That’s why it’s important to have hobbies and activities and include them in resumes. Because most employers look for such qualities in employees.

It’s sad how some employees don’t get how important mental health is in the workplace. Studies have shown how dangerous and risky ignoring mental health could be. In some cases, it can lead to stress-related illnesses, depression and even burnout. This happens when employees suffer a great amount of pressure and stress that could be caused by outrageous workloads, eventually leaving them with a feeling that their work isn’t being appreciated.

In conclusion, we only live once. So if you do feel you’re acting all spooky and out of character, then perhaps it’s time for you to take a break and to really start looking into your work-life balance. To maintain a good work-life balance, we all should take some personal time off when it’s necessary, breaks should be taken all the time, doing exercises, going on holidays, spend time with friends and family, eat healthy food, get enough sleep, and above all, we shouldn’t bring work home with us.