A MAN has achieved the perfect balance between his personal life and professional duties by quitting the latter entirely. 

Former marketing supervisor Tom, not his real name, worked out the optimum time for enjoying leisure activities could only be freed up by stopping wearing a suit and going to an office for eight hours a day five times a week. 

He said: “It’s all about achieving the right balance. And eventually I realised that can’t possibly be done when only doing the stuff you like at evenings and weekends. 

“So I walked out, and ever since I’ve found I’ve got so much more time for video games, for hobbies, for long lie-ins and simply for standing out in nature, breathing deeply, centering myself. 

“I feel sorry for all of my mates who are too busy to join me because they’re stuck in the rat race. I meet them in the pub on a Wednesday and they’re all work work work and leaving at 10pm. While I’m just totally relaxed. 

“People say there are no quick fixes to achieving a harmonious work-life balance, but I’ve proved them totally wrong. 

“Try it yourself. There are literally no downsides.”