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Band 5.5

Many people work long hours, leaving very little time for leisure activities. Does this situation have more advantages or more disadvantages?

These days
people
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 have little
time
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 to
debute
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dedicate
 to hobbies , which is a result of getting involved in working long
hours
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 and
this
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 situation has more drawbacks to advantages. On the one hand,
people
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 who do not have enough
time
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 to do
leisure
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 activities might be tired during working days. As
people
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 work for long
hours
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 during
day
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, they will need to do an activity except working to be relaxed. When they don’t have ample
time
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 for pleasure, it leads them to
being
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 tired the following day.
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 tiredness could
be accumulated
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 and
became
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become
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 worse
during
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over
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the
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time
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.
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,
people
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 who work long
hours
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 without doing
leisure
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tactivities
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activities
,
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apply
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 could
be depress
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be depressed
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. Because individuals do not have
time
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 to devote to hobbies which is essential for being happy,
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, playing a game in which individuals could be happy by amusing each other.
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, they would have a sense of dissatisfaction and depression.
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, when
people
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 have little
time
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 to do
leisure
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 activities, they will suffer from overweight. As individuals work for long
hours
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, they
would
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become tired and
depress
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depressed
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.
Such
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situation
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a situation
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 will
affect on
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cause
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 them to be
lazy
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laziness
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 and have
an
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a
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 tendency to follow a sedentary lifestyle without
an
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activity, which is a significant factor
for
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in
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 getting overweight.
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, working for long
hours
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 could have some benefits.
People
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 could save money which could be used in a way that
it
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apply
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brings happiness.
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, for
traveling
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travelling
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.
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, working
for
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long
hours
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 could be useful for
people
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 to finish a project and
getting
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 a new one, which is essential for promotion.
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 benefits are beneficial,
it
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they
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 will be rejected by
majority
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the majority
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 of
people
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,
as a result
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 of having negative effects which outweigh their advantages. In conclusion, having little
time
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 for
leisure
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 activities
have
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has
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 more disadvantages
to
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than
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 merits because it brings about tiredness, depression and
overweight
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being overweight
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.

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Task Achievement
To enhance Task Achievement, ensure that your essay directly addresses the prompt with a balanced discussion of advantages and disadvantages. Further development of the advantage side could provide a more balanced view.
Coherence and Cohesion
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Topic Vocabulary:
  • work-life balance
  • mental well-being
  • burnout
  • stress relief
  • productivity
  • economic growth
  • career progression
  • skill enhancement
  • quality time
  • financial security
  • leisure activities
  • physical health
  • personal relationships
  • stress-related illnesses
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