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Travis Winslow Professor Drummond WR 323 – Advanced Writing & Argumentation October 19, 2023 Module 3 | Reading Journal -Tiers of Sources Tier I source - Peer-reviewed academic publication: Peer-Reviewed Journal/Article found through 1Search: Outcomes of Work-Life Balance on Job Satisfaction, Life Satisfaction and Mental Health: A Study Across Seven Cultures https://search.library.oregonstate.edu/discovery/fulldisplay? docid=cdi_csuc_recercat_oai_recercat_cat_2072_241072&context=PC&vid=01ALLIANCE_OS U:OSU&lang=en&search_scope=OSU_Everything_Profile&adaptor=Primo %20Central&tab=Everything&query=any,contains,work%20life%20balance&offset=10 Tier II source – Report, article, or book from credible nonacademic source: Mental Health America.org article found through Google search: Work Life Balance https://www.mhanational.org/work-life-balance Tier III source – Short piece from newspaper or credible website The New York Times piece: 8 Hours a Day, 5 Days a Week Is Not Working for Us https://www.nytimes.com/2021/07/20/opinion/covid-return-to-office.html Tier IV source – Agenda driven or uncertain piece Talent Q article found through Google search: Work-Life Balance Is Not Possible https://www.talent-quarterly.com/work-life-balance-is-not-possible/

Reflection The easiest of the four sources for me to locate was a Tier II source, which I located an article from a credible nonacademic source. As Amy Guptill in Four Tiers of Sources and How to Tell the Difference advises that Tier II sources can be found through google searches using “.gov” or “.org,” I completed a search in Google for my topic of Work-Life Balance with “.org”. Using this search method, I was successfully able to locate a resourceful article written by Mental Health America about their thoughts on the importance of a work-life balance. The most difficult source to locate was the Tier I source. As the Tier I source needed to be a scholarly publication such as a peer-reviewed journal, it took much longer to find an appropriate piece that matched my topic and the reframing I am presenting. In my reframing essay, I am planning to propose that having a perfect work-life balance may not be necessary for success and am using the examples of entrepreneurs as they often work long hours which take up great amounts of their personal time. In this peer-reviewed article, the authors detail the drive entrepreneurs have towards working instead of dedicating that time to their personal lives, which I felt was applicable to my essay. I feel that I will be mostly utilizing the peer-reviewed journal for my Tier I source as this directly applies to my argument and the reframing of the conventional wisdom that I am proposing. This article specifically highlights the great lengths taken by entrepreneurs to achieve their goals in their careers, and aids in the idea that a work-life balance may not be necessary. While I found other sources that do not necessarily agree with this argument, they may not be completely unapplicable. In this essay, I aim to explore this reframing and persuade the audience that a work-life balance is not necessary, and I feel that it is vital to understand both sides of the argument prior to presenting my reframing. I feel that there are many cases where a Tier IV

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