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parents want to achieve balance between family and career but only a few manage to achieve it. what do you think is the reason? discuss possible solution and provide examples.

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Balanced lifestyle will help to live a happy
life
. These days, it is very difficult to spend much
time
 with family as people are spending more
time
 at
work
.
This
 essay will discuss why people are not able to manage both home and office equally,
also
 provide ideas to overcome
this
 problem. Family and career are equally important in everyone's
life
. While many people concentrate more on their
work
, some are
failed
Suggestion
failing
 to take care of their family. Because every
men
Suggestion
man
 become responsible to maintain their
family they
Accept comma addition
family, they
 are forced to earn more
money
, which results in doing overtime at
office
Suggestion
the office
.
For instance
, recent research from the University of Cambridge shows 80 percent of youngsters are not enjoying their
life
 as they are not able to spend much
time
 with family because of
work
 pressure. Planning is the key to overcome
this
 problem.
Although
money
 is important to run a
life
, people should determine the basic needs and plan to earn only for the required
money
.
For example
, in my home country at rural areas people
work
 only for their essential needs and give more importance to their family;
However
, they are living a pleasant
life
 with less amount of
money
. I think many are
failed
Suggestion
failing
 to spend
time
 with family, which should be corrected by reducing the
work
 hours. To Conclude, family is more important than
work
 as we are working to run a family. So people should limit their
work
 hours and start looking at their family, which results in living wonderful stress free lifestyle.
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Topic Vocabulary:
  • work-life balance
  • time management
  • support systems
  • childcare
  • traditional gender roles
  • societal expectations
  • financial stability
  • flexible working hours
  • remote work options
  • burnout
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