All Changes are not Good

When people say changes are good, have you ever asked them why? Today my place in office is changed and I am not at all happy for it. Its not that I resist all changes but this one is particularly bad because of many reasons.

My new seat is close to all my managers. That means whatever I’ll be doing it will be visible to everyone. And I do a lot of things which I wouldn’t like my managers to see like chatting, blogging, chain emails, smsing, talking on phone, surfing shopping and job sites, reading comics, playing games and ofcourse sleeping on my desk. It’s not that I’ll leave doing all these things but now I’ll have to be more careful.

Gallery is very far from my place. Since I have less work these days I used to spend a lot of time in gallery talking on phone. Anyways here a good point is that now I’ll be walking a little more to reach there, so a good exercise for me.

My place is very close to the washroom. Now it’s debatable whether it is good or bad. Since I am in an IT company which has a good standing and a standard to maintain, atleast washrooms will not stink. So I guess that shouldn’t be a reason to bother. But yeah I’ll continuously have to watch people rushing in and out which will be a kind of disturbance. But yeah in case of urgency I will not have to walk a lot and wait for long :).

Anyways no point complaining now, the best thing is to get adjusted soon and make the best of this new situation.

Brain Churning

An empty mind is a devil’s workshop. Your mind wanders and rambles when you don’t have anything to do or focus on. This piece of mine is an outcome of such a state of mind.

Have you ever asked yourself where the life is taking you? Are you happy with what you are doing and where you are heading to? Are you the person you always wanted to be? I know for sure that everyone has these questions in mind but most of the times we just ignore the answers. We all spend almost half of our lives sitting in the four walls of office seldom doing stuff that we really want to do. Yes we do earn decent enough to spend on fancy clothing, gadgets, food and drinks. But does that money really compensate for the things that we are missing.

Most of us are living alone and away from our families. The only time that we get with them is a ten minute phone talk at the end of the day and if the day was screwed then we don’t even enjoy those ten minutes. After spending like twelve hours at work we are too exhausted and drained to do anything. This anything includes all the stuff that we always desired to do like working out in gym, cooking, talking to people we love, hanging out with friends. For people who are not bachelors are missing a greater deal in life. Can any amount of money equal your kid’s first smile or first steps?

When was the last time you did something really challenging at work which if not anyone but made you proud of yourself? There had been no complains if we were able to work on things which interests us. We would not mind even working 24X7 if that is something of our own. But most of the times we are doing the same mundane copy paste job which provides no value add to us.

I know that some people will not agree with the ideas that I put forward here. They will always counter by saying that if you really want to do something you will do it. I agree to this but most of the times it’s easier said then done.

P.S. - Now I have to get back to work. So more brain churning later on when my mind is empty again.

How to beat Monday Blues

What is a Monday Blue? I don’t think this needs any answer. Everyone encounters it and that too very frequently, every week :-). Going to office on a Monday after a weekend is the same feeling that a kid gets when he has to leave the cosy lap of his mother and walk on his own. I have been one person whose Monday blues are so deep that it sometimes turns black. Well we cannot avoid Mondays but based on my experience, I have listed below some ways to lessen it.

· Don’t leave any work pending on Friday. Any unfinished work will haunt you over the weekend and will hover around your mind all Monday morning increasing your blues.

· Leave your desk neat and clean on Friday. A sight of a messed up workplace is definitely going to worsen your Monday pain.

· Well this may not be possible all the time but if you have something new to wear on Mondays the blues reduce drastically.

· For all booze lovers (this one is not based on my experience) try not to drink on Sunday night. The hangover is going to make your Mondays blues bad if not worse.

· If you are a food lover, carry your favourite dish in lunch or plan a lunch outing in advance.

· Sleep on time on Sunday night. Don’t party late.

· Wake up little early on Monday morning. Talk to one person you really want to talk to. Take a long luxurious shower; pamper yourself with a nice aroma.

· This may sound weird but I have really seen it working. If you have your love interest at your work place you really look forward to Mondays, Tuesdays, in fact all days of the week.

These are just little guides to fight the Monday monster. I have tried implementing some and they have worked a bit but I am still not completely over this syndrome. Do try these and let me know if they worked for you. Till then enjoy the blues :-).