Online published on 12 July, 2013.
Work hard and play hard. Is this maxim applicable in today's fast paced life? Is there a perfect balance in life? Activities are undertaken mostly for pursuit of money and success (Happiness!) The percentage of persons working is increasing leading to the children being at home with Maid/Grandparents or Crèche, Hostel. Conflicting demands of home life and work life play havoc with our lives rendering terms like “QWL” and “Quality Time for Family/Family First defunct. Many experts predicted that technology would eliminate most household chores and provide people with much more time to enjoy leisure activities; but consumerist culture that has elevated the work ethic to unprecedented heights and thereby reinforced the low value and worth attached to parenting. Dynamic seesaw leading to compromises resulting in Tension, Stress, Breakdown, Collapse, Nervous, Disorder, Depression. Extended family concept is followed by very few corporate/business houses and the Defence Forces really adopt it in the right earnest. We must remember that for anything well done, both time and effort are necessary. Statistics reveal that50% of employed people find arranging time “Off –Work” as difficult. Are better Economic climate and the Rat Race the Key factors or we have lost the meaning of Satisfaction/Self Contentment. At the individual (family) as well as the corporate (office) level does a balance exists or is it a fallacy, a myth or a Utopian concept. It's essential that we do introspection, identify, analyse and then pursue the right mix. This is the “Success Mantra” in today's context.
