I have always assumed as only words when people talked about balancing work-life. After all, you get to know things only if it is within your experience. Office has now clearly become first home for a lot of people. A company is truly efficient if it creates employees who treat office as their first HOME. When I look back into the last year I can clearly see how much I have missed in my personal life. Events that can never occur again like Attending Marriages, Wishing someone on their Birthday, Visiting New Born, Meeting Friends, Calling relatives and Friends to enquire. Fortunately, there is not a death I missed ! And all of these activities that are of high personal significance I was blind to until I introspected all areas of my personal life.

While in college, 5 years ago, I remember when I made a list of friends I WANTED to call for my birthday treat, the closest of friends, the count was 176, confined to a small district in Tamil Nadu. I am now thinking whom should I call for my marriage !

When the clock strikes 6:00 PM my mom would call to enquire, when I am reaching home. I have never had a definitive answer for this question till date. As time goes on I start realizing that I need to do something very consciously for my initials. All they need is a soothing solace, a word or two of kindness and maximum two ears of yours. Time I started the Art of Balancing.

posted by Shriram at 6:18 AM