Essay prompt opinion with examples or just examples?

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When writing an essay which is based on the following prompt "Many people find it hard to balance their work with other parts of their lives" should examples be provided with a solution to prove that people do find it difficult to find a balance or should it be written in a different way? I mean in such essays do we just agree and provide examples?

Nowadays, many people find it difficult to balance their work with other parts of life, such as a family, free time and personal interests. I believe that a healthy balance is essential. I will support my point of view with some arguments below.
Firstly, long working hours make it difficult to have free time. For example, many office workers stay late at work or do tasks at home so they have little time for family or rest.
Secondly, high job pressure causes stress and exhaustion. For example, employees often worry about deadlines and performance which affects their mental health and personal relationships.
However, there are several ways to overcome this problem. Firstly, people should learn how to manage their time better. Making a day plan can help save time. Secondly, it is important to set clear limits between work and personal life.
In conclusion, balancing work and life is not easy, but is very important. With good habits and better planning people can enjoy both their work and personal life.
 
That's not the prompt. It's just a statement that sets up a following question or instruction, and no you shouldn't try to agree or disagree with this part. You should generally take the facts of these statements as given.

There are lots of prompts like that 😬.

No, there aren't. The prompt is the bit that gives you something to do. For example, a prompt might ask you to speculate as to why people find it hard to find a good work-life balance or to suggest ways that might help them do it.
 
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That's not the prompt. It's just a statement that sets up a following question or instruction, and no you shouldn't try to agree or disagree with this part. You should generally take the facts of these statements as given.



No, there aren't. The prompt is the bit that gives you something to do. For example, a prompt might ask you to speculate as to why people find it hard to find a good work-life balance or to suggest ways that might help them do it.
Yes, I mean in the books I was using there were a few prompts like that.
 
That's not the prompt. It's just a statement that sets up a following question or instruction, and no you shouldn't try to agree or disagree with this part. You should generally take the facts of these statements as given.



No, there aren't.

The prompt is the bit that gives you something to do. For example, a prompt might ask you to speculate as to why people find it hard to find a good work-life balance or to suggest ways that might help them do it.
Yes, I tried to discuss it and suggest ways to improve it. Could you tell me what should be improved?
 
Discuss what? Improve what? I don't understand what you're asking.
 
Discuss what? Improve what? I don't understand what you're asking.
I agreed that many people find it hard to balance their work with other parts of their live and talked about how it can be solved. Yes, the prompt was not complete but I wrote it as an essay.
 
I agreed that many people find it hard to balance their work with other parts of their liveS and WANT TO KNOW WHAT THEY SHOULD DO ABOUT THAT. Yes, the prompt was not complete but I wrote it as an essay.
 

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