A S/W Engineer's daily routine..

I must say that our typical day begins with a quick rush to the bus-stop and then a quick bite in the cafeteria before settling in our seat anticipating a hard day's work. We would then open our mail-box only to see it flooded with all kinds of mails. To have noticed a mail from either the Client or the PM would be horrifying as it signifies a good amount of work ahead of you. If you were lucky enough not to find any such mail, you would then set your hands on the good-morning messages which would be a nice time-pass for half an hour. We would then be involved in our work for quite sometime before we are ready for a coffee-break and a quick stroll.

Back to work, we will again be involved in it till its time for lunch - A good one hour to freak out with friends. After returning back and having a strong cup of coffee/tea, we would then slog hard and try to finish the remaining work by 6PM to avoid staying back. After slogging hard till 6 to have completed most of the work assigned, it will be time for us to spend the remaining half an hour with our friends at the cafeteria. ( We somehow feel that a day must begin and end at the cafeteria ).

Then, it would be time for us to rush back to the cab for a good one hour ride before we reach home. This one hour would be a nice relaxation for all of us after a hard day's work. Finally, we are back home at 8PM and it's TV time for some of us, taking care of children for some etc. We would have dinner at around 9.30 and get back to sleep at 10.30 or 11 after another round of TV.

This being our daily routine, I have a few questions for you,
Are we happy with it?
Are we spending enough time with ourselves?
Are we spending enough time with our family and relatives?
Are we keeping ourselves healthy?

Most of us will agree that the answer is NO to all the above questions. This being the case, what can be done to make ourselves happy and content?

We have to accept the fact that Work is something that is unavoidable and which will sometimes be hectic and it is going to stay that way till we retire and hence we should look out for alternatives to make our life more pleasing.

We spend atleast one or two hours travelling in a day. This time must be effectively utilized to spend sometime with oursleves. I usually meet my old friends on saturdays and my sundays are devoted to spend sometime with my parents and relatives. I jog for atleast for half an hour each on fridays, saturdays and sundays. I feel this strategy can make you a lot happier and content now that you have time to spend on yourselves, family and friends and are keeping yourself healthy.

Don't you feel that it's now time for you to sit and re-prioritize and re-organize your "things to do" list during weekends and do something that makes you happy? Hope I have succeeded in triggering that thought on your minds.

Signing Off.


Regards,
Kishan Chandranna