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IELTS Essay: Most people try to balance between their work and other parts of their lives....

Prompt

Most people try to balance between their work and other parts of their lives. Unfortunately, not many achieve this balance. What are the reasons for this and what can be done to solve this?

#work_life_balance#burnout#workplace_culture#time_management#personal_wellbeing

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Band 7 → 9 — Band 7 identifies reasons and practical solutions; Band 9 recognizes that imbalance is often systemic (underpaying relative to living costs, always-on culture) and explores how individual solutions work only within structural constraints.

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Key concepts in this essay

Systemic vs individual responsibility for balance
Wage stagnation and the need for multiple/longer work hours
Workplace culture and expectations
Definition and measurement of 'balance'

Pitfalls the model essay avoids

Attributing work-life imbalance primarily to personal time management rather than structural/systemic factors
Proposing individualized solutions (better planning, exercise) without addressing employer demands or economic precarity
Oversimplifying 'balance' as equal hours to work and non-work rather than quality and flexibility

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