On the very few times I checked my Facebook page, I noticed that I have been receiving a lot of requests to play some online games with my friends. It is so interesting to know that most of my busiest friends could spend some time out for games and also connect with friends this way. Some of them tell me it is their way of balancing the corporate stress that most of us are challenged with every day.
We often hear our colleagues complain how much overtime they had to spend at the workplace or work from home after office hours with teleconferencing or work to catch up in time for tomorrow’s deadlines or meetings; answering calls while in the grocery or finalizing a report over breakfast, etc. These scenarios are part of our daily experiences.
All these makes us think whether we are actually spending most of our time for work-related tasks or roles rather than for matters relating to family, leisure, health, fun and friendship, etc. While most think that the phenomenon of interconnectivity we have right now makes this altogether impossible, it is worthwhile to re-think and consider that the most sought after “work-life balance” is actually personal lifestyle choice. The degree or intensity of the choice depends on one’s priorities which then sets the sense and quality of “fulfilment “each one personally desires for. It is basically grounded in the sense of meaning and purpose of our life.
The myth is that Work-life balance is a privilege or opportunity afforded to anyone. The reality is that work-life balance is all about prioritizing and asking some basic questions: “What matters most?”, and “Why?”, then the “How? . Simply said, Work Life balance is truly a matter of choice.
“Those who have a ‘why’ to live, can bear with almost any ‘how’.”
“Happiness cannot be pursued; it must ensue.”
