Currently I am working in one of the good going MNC where I am getting good amount of money at the end of the month. As it is MNC, it is expecting me to work as per my package and takes most of the time of my day time. It’s fair, coz I am paid good. I have no problems with it.
But there is a gray side of it. As much of my time is taken doing my daily job, I hardly get time to see what’s happening around. Before, I usually check my facebook account and read what my friends are doing, I also was reading status messages of my friends on GTalk. But now, all gone. Forget facebook or GTalk, I even hardly get time to check my personal mails once in a week. I sometimes miss the birthdays and important event. Sometimes my old good friends and family member complaint; “you don’t even call or message…”
But today something happened. I woke-up late today. I also had extra thing to do before reaching office. I somehow managed to complete things and reached office little late. I always keep buffer time for my meetings and joined meeting and completed all my day work at the end of the day. Then coming back, I was wondering even I started late today, still I was able to complete my day in time. That’s great!
Then I realized my old PG days. I was even busier than how I am now, but still was able to do all the things which I am not. I was working for my studies, for teams, for events, for friends, for juniors, for placements, assignments, competitions… still got time to talk to people on GTalk, put comments on Facebook, have a evening walk at college pond, enjoyed parties and had a great time. Why then its not happening now? May be I was doing better time management or my priorities have been changed or it’s just I really don’t want to become socialite anymore or may be something else. I really don’t know the reason at this point of time. But, one thing is there in my mind now, “DO I REALLY DON’T HAVE TIME?”
Today I read this at my friend’s status message:
“If you ask Rs. 2000 from your friend, you’ll get it; but if you ask 2 minutes of time, you probably won’t”…
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Although I Agree with you to some extent.. I would hereby like to share my thoughts on the topic…
ReplyDeleteIt is true that in today’s world of ruthless competition, we find it hard to manage time for friends and for ourselves. But Is it really that hard to find some time as it seems?
As per my experience People have got the attitude to stay in office beyond timings for long hours not because their work demands it but because they want to impress their boss and compete with their fellow mates. I have seen many of my co-workers staying even without any work.
A very old proverb which is applicable in every facet of life is: “Work while you work and Play while you play”. Need to follow this simple phenomenon.
Anyways why are managers for… ;) First and foremost a manager should be smart worker instead of hard worker and should manage everything well, and time tops the list!!
Also we get 2 days off in a week (Saturday and Sunday) out of 7. Just see the percentage of it . In a week 28.57% of time we are totally free with no office tension..:)
So saying we don’t have time would not be that appropriate. The real irony is that we have money but no friends and near and dear ones on whom we can spend them.. (Here I am talking about bachelors.. :)
It happens that circumstances change, priorities change, new responsibilities are added, But still u do not forget to eat, sleep, breath.. So there's nothing like "i did not have time", its always "i could not make time for that". We really need to learn how to make our time for such small small tasks.. and i'm sure we'll learn that with experience and time.. :)
ReplyDeleteGirl Power. Thanks for the view... I was actually putting myself into somebody else's shoes and was sharing the experience. For me, I always have good friends and family members who reminds me "Life is more than Work" and I try to give as much time as possible.
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