Why Work/Life Balance Doesn't Work

I can?t help feeling that using the phrase ?work/life balance? reinforces the problem it seeks to address. To describe a need to balance work and life implies that work is not part of ?life?. If that?s the case then approx 50% of the average persons hours on earth are devoted to non-life ? surely that?s dead. People are not asking ?how can I balance two opposing areas of existence??, but ?how can I live a holistic life; where all aspects of life co-exist and compliment each other and do not oppose each other?? Balancing things puts them in opposing positions ? we reinforce a problem as oppose to deal with it. We need integration not balance. If you are living a non-integrated life then perhaps you need to make some major changes. Some escape home by going to work and View the rest of this article