Summer days are long but what makes it longer are the tasks that we take up. Not all days are the same but there’s just something special about summer.
Moving forward from weather, I am here to write my first website post. One of the most important things that I learned in the past 3 weeks is about consistency. You can actually complete a lot in 24 hours but you cannot last 24 hours for 7 days. 8 hours a day are set for a reason. Out of those 8 hours, being a novice, 7 hours working is designed after critical thinking. When I started working, I implemented my college strategy wherein I kept on working day and night because I loved what I was doing. When the week got completed, all I could see back was work. I do not recall living the life, stepping aside for a minute and feel a cool summer breeze in the evening or taking ice-cream from the Ince-cream truck.
I was so infused in the subject at hands that Grubhub became my partner and it was winter for me all over again. Travelled minimized to driving to and fro from work and meeting people got limited to zoom calls.
On one fine day, my laptop was taken away from me and I was dragged into a sunny day when clock struck 5pm. I went out, felt the sunny wind, stopped to grab an ice-cream and saw around. There were working professionals around me living their best life. It was an eye-opener for me. Work-life balance is tough and I could see it.
My friends that are very successful in their careers often worked after office and tried giving their best. So, I got inspired too. After all, they were doing it since a couple of years now. One thing that no one told me was that it take very little efforts to get that work-life balance.
I don’t regret giving extra hours. It actually helped me get a hang of everything that was happening around me. If I were given a chance to change anything, I wouldn’t change a second of it.
I got scared when the laptop was taken away from me that day. I was scared about me not performing well since I won’t be giving much time to it. But turns out, I am more efficient than ever. It’s not like I prohibit myself from working. I work, and perhaps more than I should but that is out of hobby and not the fear of delivering on time.
But after ranting about how I could have learned some things, I enjoyed my journey till where I am right now. It has it’s own enjoyment and I guess that’s what early 20s are for.
My parents always say, “Slow and steady wins the race.” But I am always thriving to achieve more and in the past few weeks, I am learning some really good lessons about patience.
DISCLAIMER: This is a work of fiction. Only the inference is factual.
