The statement of Work Life Balance is a poor phrase.
To put work first before life is like telling you Work is more
important than life.
It should be rephrased as Life 60% Work 40%. However, most
locals put Life at 30 or 20%, but work 70 to 80 and some even 100%
(which is commonly said to be no life)
Given a 3K job, yes, you can go into many other freelance job
that still can give you more than 3K at your own timing and command
of yourself.
10 years ago, my ex chief said, anyone who is willing to pay him
a 4k job, he will leave taxi driving and go back to work. Now, ten
years later, it should be 4500 to 5k, so if you are currently
earning that amount, stay put, dun drive taxis.