Work Life Balance is a favorite HR topic in corporates. Surprisingly we dont hear much about this in the government sector?? We hear about efficiency, training, motivation as the need for the public sector employees? Do we assume that those employees are already maintaining a healthy balance or more tilted towards "life" than work???
What about the stress levels for our army jawans or the police constables?
Neither do we hear about work life balance for farmers? do they have a life at all even to balance? When does a farmer take a vacation with his family? If he does who will take care of the cows or the standing crop? Imagine a farmer taking a nap on hot summer afternoon in the back yard of his home. A neighbor comes running with the news that some stray cattle are feasting on his crop. Will the farmer think even for a second on the time or day of the week before he rushes to the field? Did you ever wonder about this? This does not happen as the farmer never creates a divide between work and his life, work is his life and life is his work.
Not promoting work-alcoholism here...but pointing out the division the industrial age has created in our minds, making our work dreary, loathsome and miserable..something which needs to be done to live and grow in this world. Devoid of love and beauty and perfection. Are we talking idealistically here? Who puts food on the table and roof on our heads? Who pays for the EMI for that house loan and who pays for those yearly vacations? Not to mention the bills at those swanky hospitals.
We "need" to work for all these reasons right? And this is what we sacrificed our childhood for? To become something in this world and then keep toiling to remain being "someone" or becoming someone better (career growth)
We need to manage our stress, meditation, sports, yoga are all at our disposal so that we continue to work and perform better. For whom? to whom??
What about the stress levels for our army jawans or the police constables?
Neither do we hear about work life balance for farmers? do they have a life at all even to balance? When does a farmer take a vacation with his family? If he does who will take care of the cows or the standing crop? Imagine a farmer taking a nap on hot summer afternoon in the back yard of his home. A neighbor comes running with the news that some stray cattle are feasting on his crop. Will the farmer think even for a second on the time or day of the week before he rushes to the field? Did you ever wonder about this? This does not happen as the farmer never creates a divide between work and his life, work is his life and life is his work.
Not promoting work-alcoholism here...but pointing out the division the industrial age has created in our minds, making our work dreary, loathsome and miserable..something which needs to be done to live and grow in this world. Devoid of love and beauty and perfection. Are we talking idealistically here? Who puts food on the table and roof on our heads? Who pays for the EMI for that house loan and who pays for those yearly vacations? Not to mention the bills at those swanky hospitals.
We "need" to work for all these reasons right? And this is what we sacrificed our childhood for? To become something in this world and then keep toiling to remain being "someone" or becoming someone better (career growth)
We need to manage our stress, meditation, sports, yoga are all at our disposal so that we continue to work and perform better. For whom? to whom??
