Work Life Balance. This is what I place the most highest value on in my life. It means to value a private life while working with the rewarding and a sense of fulfillment. Keeping this balance is important because I believe we are able to lead a fulfilling life for the first time both work and a private life enrich. I encountered this concept when I read a certain book, and since then this has been my philosophy. Now we have various choices and be able to go to diverse ways, all the more we have to consider what we really want to do, and the meaning of happiness in the true sense.
I hold up Finland as an example. Finland took six place in the national happiness revel in 2015. I believe one of the reasons lies in their goodness of keeping a work life balance.
First, Finn wish for mental happiness and place a high value on a private life. For instance, when they are asked what they want to gain, most of them seem to mention the health of their family rather than a purchase of a big house or car. It shows they don’t pursue material happiness but mental one. It is true that we can buy what we want if we do nothing but work, but material satisfaction is temporary and it doesn’t continue. Thus it is important to value on and spare time for a private life.
Second is their values about work. When Finn apply for a job, they decide upon the contents or whether they can grow through that job. In fact, we tend to choose work based on fame or salary, but this work might not be worth doing, and I couldn’t feel the rewarding of it. It’s not a good ideas to spend our life on doing such a work. In addition, even though we do nothing but work and get much money, our desire for money is boundless thus it does not fulfill us. In order to reach the real happiness, we should respect what we really hope.
In this way, to place a value on a private life at the same time to feel the rewarding of our work would lead us to a fulfilling life. We can have diverse choices in this time. All the more, it is important to be honest with our feelings and seek for the true happiness. I believe keeping a work life balance is the key in my life.