  A friend of mine has been busy with her MSc research project and thesis for the past 12 months. She works just about 7 day weeks, 12 hour days. It doesnt help that the lab work she does has time constraints. Apparentlyfor her lab work&nbsp;she has to stick to a rigid schedule with a 4,8,12 hr experiment interval. Poor girl, she lives day by day, hour by hour. If she misses a single interval, she'll have to repeat the experiment again. That's what i call living day by day. You're existing merely to chalk up days towards your life existence.
Its an occupational hazard for her. But she enjoys it. She gets satisfaction from knowing that her work may lead to a medical cure.&nbsp; But the cost is great. She doesnt spend time with her family. Let alone her boyfriend.&nbsp;She's aware that they are drifting apart,&nbsp;on the rare occasions when they actually meet, it feels&nbsp;weird, almost like strangers.&nbsp;She has aged dramatically, and has lost at least 10kg due to poor nutrition and irregular meals. Dear friends, I know its not easy balancing work with the demands of life. I find it very difficult myself. I just wanna remind all of you that WORK does not and need not&nbsp;rule your life. Don't give up everything, save abit of yourself for your loved ones. They too need you to be around them. Add life back to your days, NOT days to your life. ChiLl _ _ _ _ _ GetZie. &nbsp; &nbsp; 
