Selvaraaju’s Pensive

Work life balance November 13, 2008

Every humans work almost 10 hours per day. Pay check is necessary to keep life going.  People who are in IT industry work more than 12 hours per day but they are paid for only 8 hours. People who work more hours during the day find time is always an evil. They find it difficult to maintain a good work life balance.

Most people never think of life other than making money. In western country, people have a very good work life balance. They still to 8 hours work and rest of the time; they plan and spend it wisely. They spend time playing with their kids, meeting friends, helping their wife, hanging around with different people. They travel during weekend, they do lot of activities in which most of the people in India never heard of!

Is the all the Indians work alcoholic? Is there anybody who rejoices their life other than working? When I was working, I find it extremely difficult to manage my work life balance. I had meals at odd times, less sleep and hectic work schedule. Even though I worked hard and smart, my work demands more time and deadlines are harder to meet. I forgot that their a world other than my work place. Sometimes I work during weekends and sometimes I travel to my native place. So time passes like a bullet fired from AK 47. I spend time watching movies, doing some shopping and reading books. It was like a routine I was comfortable with. This kept me incapacitated to think beyond it.

Life will be fruitful if there is a good mix of work and leisure time. There are innumerable things to do other than work. Time is main enemy and proper planning is required to spend your leisure time. Never stick to same routine. Plan your time and try something new every day.

I wonder how many of seen the moon last time? Many of us don’t even notice that! Weird Isn’t?

That is reality !! Come out of your MATRIX world and rejoice life.

I tag Venkat and Janu for work life balance meme.