A very
common term used in the IT industry is Work Life Balance. But I would like to
talk about our lives and the balance we are all doing to manage. Wait wait..
What life we are talking about here? Work life and personal life? I don’t think
these are the only two different lives we have.
I feel Work life and Personal Life are not just two, they have lot of
internal variations. Let's see
Forget
about your personal life for some time. Work life itself has different shades
in it. Based on the location you are working, you have various stakeholders to
manage. Based on which, your work life is
dependent on. Onsite, offshore, client and internal Leadership team, etc, etc.
All these will drive your work life. You need to do lot of balancing act to
manage and get things done. While managing client expectations, you will
completely lose track of your internal activities. Its true other way round
as well. Isn't it?
- JANA KINGSFORD
Now let's
see how are we doing on our personal life. When I look back, I wonder how much
I became busy. As busy as I can't check my Facebook posts or what'sApp
messages. I am not even talking about any new posts from my side. I couldn't even
check and follow others posts. I remember playing some games. Let me think what
those are... oh yah! I now remember there are some pawns, a queen and a king.
Yes you are right. That's Chess. I wonder how I used to get so much of time in
the world to play such a lengthy game. Can I get those days back? Sometimes I
feel why is the day is so short. You got it right, when I say day it's day and
night. All together 24 hours are not sufficient, how can I only refer to only
day.
In
personal life also I see lot of shades. Family life, social life and the other
important one that you can't ignore is your own personal life. Have you ever
realized that you are missing so many small things that you want to do, but you skip
them, rather sacrifice them for either for family or for work.
Why is
this happening? Whom should I blame? my manager, my team, my client, my family,
my friends or myself?
What's
the solution then? Can I come back to normal anytime soon? Can I come out of
this maze at all?
One thing
I feel is early the better that you recognize that you are losing control over
your time. Then the solutions will start coming.
Only YOU can get a solution to YOUR situation.
Realize
it soon and Act on it.
All the Best
