It would not come as a surprise that living in a busy environment can come with its pros and cons. Of course, achieving goals doesn’t always mean inner satisfaction and a healthy body. Unfortunately, for a majority of us, a successful career means working long hours, poor nutrition and sleep deprivation. The sad part of it is that when you start on this journey, the imbalanced lifestyle seems like a normal routine and we do not see the consequences it may bring into our lives few years after. Surely, living in constant stress of either a corporate world or a small business decision making has its effects on your health, both physical and mental. However, it is not always that straight forward on how to operate in this environment in such a way to both thrive and enjoy claiming the career ladder and maintain a healthy lifestyle.
What are the signs of an unhealthy work-life balance?
• Feeling of utter unhappiness especially when it comes to work
• Feeling of depression
• Feeling of chronic tiredness
• Physical weakness
• Insomnia
From a medical perspective, there are two ways on how to approach this issue.
Both traditional and alternation medicine would rightly stress on importance of healthy nutrition and quality rest. Treating the signs of unhealthy work-life-balance may involve some medical tests and a significant change in daily routine, nutrition, etc.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Work%E2%80%93life_balance
https://www.nhs.uk/
https://www.functional-medicine.associates/functional-medicine-london/