Note: Late post for yesterday. Was so happy there was still Mr. Sun when I left the office.
Work-life balance is important. I think everyone in the corporate jungle would agree with me. There will be times when you will be required to stay a little more than your 9 hours, say for example, when you are preparing for an important activation. However, I feel that it is imperative to also have a life out of the office. Life outside the office does not mean hopping from one party to another. It simply means time to do something else during a work week -- like going home and you still have time to read a book, play with your pet (or kids) and other things you enjoy doing.
In my earlier years as a corporate person, I literally drowned myself in the office, voluntarily. Maybe that was the reason why I was a really grumpy person or that I always had my bouts of migraine. Or maybe not.
However, as one ages, we tend to want to do more meaningful things. Five years ago, meaningful meant partying; or probably drinking until one in the morning with my colleagues and still going to the office the day after. It WAS fun. I suppose age changes that. I can barely keep myself up now until midnight and this is coming from a previously self-confessed insomniac.
Now, all I want to do is put in an honest 9 to six job. Efficiency, now for me means that you can be able to finish what you have to do in a day's time. I leave the office (unless I have something important to attend to), go home and spend time with Edzel and Sachi, or spend a little time with my blog, or do my meditation thing or curl up with a book.
Now, I really can say that my life is happier. I feel happier, sometimes all too happy according to my team (hehe, sufficient sleep is the answer), and content with my career and life is general.
Someone once said, It's the little things that matter. Indeed, this is true. Little things create tiny ripples that bring a tidal wave of change in our lives. It is up to you what these little things will be -- small bursts of sunshine or spots of cloud and gloom. Remember, what you reap is what you sowed.
xx,
Corporate Junkie
