[范文] How to Balance Work and Leisure 

For most people, work is the main source of income and the foundation for us to survive in this society; and leisure, including hobbies, entertainment, banquet and so on, is one of the ways that people relax. In today's society, many people complain that innumerable work takes up so much of our time that we have little time left to relax ourselves. However, both work and leisure are indispensable. It is an urgent task to strike a balance between them. From my perspective, several methods help to balance the two. 

First of all, we need to improve our work efficiency, which means we need to make full use of our working time and concentrate on completing our assignments, so as to free up more time for us to develop our personal interests or do things we like to do. This is why some people, even with a huge workload, still have plenty of leisure time to engage in pastime. Secondly, we should improve our concentration. Half-mindedness will greatly reduce our work efficiency. Thinking about the sense of leisure brought by pastime while working, subconsciously, will make you feel that the already heavy assignment becomes more difficult, thus affecting our mood at work. From what is mentioned above, we may come to the conclusion that if we want to work with a positive attitude, we cannot neglect the significance of leisure. Never get so busy making a living that you forget to make a life, Dolly Parton once said.

本题要求写作的类型是议论文，要求考生就“如何平衡工作和休闲”进行论述。建议考生使用三段式作文结构，写作思路为： 第一段，描述现象，表明工作和休闲都很重要，引出平衡二者的必要性； 第二段，具体分两点阐述如何进行平衡； 第三段，总结全文。 如何平衡工作和休闲 对大多数人而言，工作是挣钱的主要来源，是我们生存在这个社会的根基；而休闲，包括了兴趣爱好、娱乐活动、吃吃喝喝等，则是人们放松的方法之一。在当今社会，很多人抱怨无数的工作占据了我们大部分时间，以至于放松自己的时间所剩无几。然而，这二者却是缺一不可的，在工作和休闲之间取得平衡是一件亟待解决的任务。 在我看来，有几个方法可以帮助我们来平衡这二者。首先，我们需要提高工作效率，也就是说充分利用工作时间，集中精力完成工作任务，从而为我们发展个人兴趣或做喜欢做的事空出更多时间。这就是为什么有些人就算工作量十分巨大，仍旧能参与不少的娱乐活动。其次，我们要提高我们的专注力。三心二意会使我们的工作效率大大降低。在工作时想着娱乐消遣带来的休闲之感，在潜意识里，会让你觉得本就很繁重的工作任务更加艰巨，从而影响我们工作的心情。 综上所述，我们可以得出结论：如果我们想带着积极向上的心态去工作，就不能忽视休闲的重要性。多莉·帕顿曾经说过：永远不要因为忙于生计而忘记生活。