Mindful Reflections of the world

I often ask a difficult question to myself. Do I attempt most, if not all, theoretically possible endeavors that I really want to be doing in my life? Activities within my animal capacity, that I think, would add real meaning to my long-haul blip at the planet. My mind strolls for a while, in an anxious state, and comes up with a yes and a no. Yes, I so want to do a hell lot of things in life than what my work title warrants. My present title doesn’t define me in full. But wait! No, I feel I am better off playing it safe being a conformist. The Status-Quo is easy life, socially acceptable and financially secure. If you too have ever felt (which I am sure you have at some point), that there must be more to life than what is, your story is my story. We resonate. Our Linkedin profiles seem to proudly portray designations, logos and professional bywords. X - a Salesperson, Y - an Engineer and Z - a Project Manager. Its typical life in a titular box. But do these boxe...

The term 'Downtime' is generally used for machines. But I came across this in the context of mental health deterioration among employees due to the rapidly changing work environment. And I found it very intriguing and relevant. Its almost counter-intuitive that the work stress can actually possibly increase while working from home? Well, I'd keep the innocuous Husband-wife jokes apart :) After all, we are saving on the commute time, can schedule desk work at our choicest hour and get quality time with loved ones which we used to so much yearn about. Where lies the problem then, potentially? One possible explanation can be the Downtime Erosion. Even for the most devout workaholics among us, there's a very important physiological need to periodically switch-off and disconnect from work to repair those stretched mental muscles and regain capacity to work efficiently. All those years of collective workplace conditioning had (most of) us hardwired to more or ...