Manager asks employee to work until 8pm on Friday, gets mad when they already had plans: 'The project wasn't urgent and could have been done Monday'

Work-life balance is not always an easy one to strike. Some of us are workaholics and need a certain level of business to keep us from drowning. Others have a hard time motivating when it comes to buckling down and clocking in. But everyone needs to find the balance that works for them. And usually that means drawing boundaries with work. Work is the thing you do to be able to live your life, so it's important that that life is being lived, you feel me?

If you're always punching the clock, then what are you punching the clock for? You need friends, activities, and free time in order to be a healthy person. But sometimes that means telling your boss no. And this is far from easy to do, especially if you have a boss with an out-of-whack work-life balance. You might have to teach them that you're different. 

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