An advice taken - my last post on "an unplugged life" got an interesting response from Kartik and set me thinking and I led a blissfull unplugged last one month
Its been a month since I started my sabbatical and I have been busy enjoying the break - connecting with family members, spending time learning and making some beaded earrings and catching up on some reading.
Watch this space for more
Monday, March 1, 2010
Tuesday, December 22, 2009
An Unplugged Life.....Utopian Thought
23 Dec 2009
Was just compiling a list of my favorite poems to pass on to the children in the building for a New Year Gala when I paused while reading William Henry Davies"WHAT is this life if, full of care..."
I paused to reflect and reread the lines again... (see end of blog for whole poem)
In today's 24*7*365 world this is more relevant. We seem to be living the "online life." Everywhere you see people are talking on the mobile even while crossing a busy junction. Typing away at the keyboard in busy airport/train and bus junctions.. listening to music, downloading files, uploading documents.
I remember several days in the last six months, when I did not share a word with my family since I was so committed to the plugged world and deadlines. My husband often jokes that he faces biggest competition from inanimate objects - my laptop and my mobile phone. Yet, when I look back, I know the truth behind those words told in jest.
Work extended and ate into time for family and weekends and work in itself was an endless stream of conference calls, e-mails, meetings and task oriented deadlines with little or no time to think. I seemed to be on a fire fighting mode everyday and this aspect seemed to be echoed by many of my colleagues.
Given this, how do we we recharge our batteries, bring fresh ideas to work table and achieve a balance in life...
May be for many the comfort lies in being plugged during off hours aswell, being connected, blogging, micro blogging, social networking, downloading, uploading, talking on mobile, talking on skype.....
23 Dec 2009
Was just compiling a list of my favorite poems to pass on to the children in the building for a New Year Gala when I paused while reading William Henry Davies"WHAT is this life if, full of care..."
I paused to reflect and reread the lines again... (see end of blog for whole poem)
In today's 24*7*365 world this is more relevant. We seem to be living the "online life." Everywhere you see people are talking on the mobile even while crossing a busy junction. Typing away at the keyboard in busy airport/train and bus junctions.. listening to music, downloading files, uploading documents.
I remember several days in the last six months, when I did not share a word with my family since I was so committed to the plugged world and deadlines. My husband often jokes that he faces biggest competition from inanimate objects - my laptop and my mobile phone. Yet, when I look back, I know the truth behind those words told in jest.
Work extended and ate into time for family and weekends and work in itself was an endless stream of conference calls, e-mails, meetings and task oriented deadlines with little or no time to think. I seemed to be on a fire fighting mode everyday and this aspect seemed to be echoed by many of my colleagues.
Given this, how do we we recharge our batteries, bring fresh ideas to work table and achieve a balance in life...
May be for many the comfort lies in being plugged during off hours aswell, being connected, blogging, micro blogging, social networking, downloading, uploading, talking on mobile, talking on skype.....
Monday, December 21, 2009
... And I Start
21 Dec 2009
A Promise of a New Beginning
The fact that I was planning on a sabbatical after doing the grind for 8.5 years is well known. What is also well known is my hyper active nature, my inability to be still (read as silent also) and not do anything. My friends and well wishers hence feared what might become of me once I decide not to do 18 hours of excel reporting/mails/PPTs ..!! (Fuel added by my dear husband) and hence they coaxed me to start blogging and create a presence in some select professional networking sites. Seemed like a good idea - after all I feel " Each of us has a story to tell" and so lo and behold - I created my own blog.
Dear Blog - I will visit regularly and will share my feelings/thoughts/views and invite others to view and comment.
As 2009 inches to its end and a new year beckons, so does a new beginning full of hope/joy and excitement unfolds for me.
A Promise of a New Beginning
The fact that I was planning on a sabbatical after doing the grind for 8.5 years is well known. What is also well known is my hyper active nature, my inability to be still (read as silent also) and not do anything. My friends and well wishers hence feared what might become of me once I decide not to do 18 hours of excel reporting/mails/PPTs ..!! (Fuel added by my dear husband) and hence they coaxed me to start blogging and create a presence in some select professional networking sites. Seemed like a good idea - after all I feel " Each of us has a story to tell" and so lo and behold - I created my own blog.
Dear Blog - I will visit regularly and will share my feelings/thoughts/views and invite others to view and comment.
As 2009 inches to its end and a new year beckons, so does a new beginning full of hope/joy and excitement unfolds for me.
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