Even more people are spending most of their time at work nowadays, which leaves almost nothing for personal life. Do you think this trend has more advantages o disadvantages for people?

Time

has always had a great value for people because it cannot be replaced by anything else.

However

, people often choose to invest it in their professional

life

rather than their personal one.

This

essay will discuss why

this

trend has more disadvantages than advantages for people.

To begin

with, nowadays the

time

people spend on the job is increasing significantly.

This

could be seen as an advantage if we think about the opportunity

work

brings with it.

For example

, more

work

means more money, which leads to a better quality of

life

.

Furthermore

, a better quality of

life

brings with it another advantage, the evolution of society.

This

is strongly connected with the fast evolution of technology, the most important cause of the fact that people are working more than in the past. In fact,

this

is an interesting paradox; technology makes our

life easier but,

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life easier, but

at the same

time

, it makes us

work

more.

For instance

, the mass production in a factory is mostly automatic;

however

, people are working more extra hours to produce more so to increase their incomes. Even if it looks like a chain of prosperity, in fact, it is a vicious one, due to the sacrifices it requires from people.

On the other hand

,

more

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the more time

time

spent at the

work place

a place where work is done

workplace

means less

time

for private

life

. The greatest disadvantage, in my opinion, is that people are becoming less connected with themselves and with their families and close friends.

For example

, a person who spends ten hours at

work

has a very limited free

time

, and most of

this

is for regular domestic activities like cooking, shopping, maybe cleaning the house, so for communication with other people remain almost no

time

at all. If

this

person

also

has children, the situation will be even worse. Another important disadvantage is the lack of

time

to enjoy the achievements of the amount of

work

.

For instance

, many people have a lot of money, but they do not have

time

to spend it, and at some point they will come to realize that the

time

has passed and they have not much to be proud of it, because they are alone and with a boring

life

.

Last

but not least, too much

work

can cause serious health problems, both psychological and physical. Many people suffer because of stress, depression, heart diseases and so on. All in all, too much

work

can have serious negative effects on people. In conclusion,

time

is, probably, our most precious asset we can deal with. I consider that spending more

time

at

work

has more disadvantages than benefits in a long term. At the end of the day, we must find the balance between professional and private

life

.