♥ Heart Spots ♥

  (Short adaptation from my earlier published article on my earlier blog space, republished from medium.com )   In my last article on ‘ A Sense of Balance ’, I wrote about work-life balance and the different aspects in our life including family, culture, work, and the various environmental and systemic constraints that spurs the imbalance. I am trying to explore here to look at what can really help in bringing back the balance at each of our levels of action, without worrying about the different factors and constraints. So, let us go a little philosophical? In certain life situations, we often hear the term “ Only time will tell ”, “Time alone will heal”, “hope for better times”, etc. Don’t we? Times are changing. Since the time I started writing the original version of these blogs a lot has changed. And the rate of change is also probably exponentially increasing. The beginning of COVID-19 pandemic, just a year back, the changes almost every month since then and the...

(Short adaptation from my earlier published article on my earlier blog space, republished from medium.com )   I have been contemplating about work-life balance for many years during my career and whether there is a really something called work-life balance; or it is some phrase used by different people in different roles they perform in their organization; or at an individual capacity to suit their needs of the moment to vent against whatever has been bothering them in their work or life. Most people who aspire for a certain career in specific industry, have enthusiastically waited to on-board into the working life moving away from the college/university phase. The enthusiasm and momentum each one brings to excel in the work coupled with other aspects like traveling, adapting to a changing lifestyle and of course lot of money brings in a certain work schedule — a flexible work schedule. This has brought in a lot of advantages to the work and organization in terms o...