. Many resolutions like exercising every morning, may continue to remain a dream, even though you struggle to fulfill them with each passing day. While a fresh day is already there, yesterday's workload and meetings have not brought freshness into your life. It's already 7:00 a.m., and you are almost late to perform your daily ablutions. And as the day progresses you start doing routine activities, finishing them one by one, participating in one meeting after another and finally ending the day. It's another day filled with stress and fatigue. While on your way back, the thought that you should start your daily workout from tomorrow again emerges as a pop-up window, only to disappear again without any fruitful action. Is your life taking too much toll on you? Do you find yourself tired and lethargic and not able to feel energetic even after proper sleep? If yes, possibly, it's time that you pull up your socks and take stock of your life, and if you have not yet fallen into such a situation then possibly you can be a little proactive and avoid from falling into one.
While I was an MBA student I always fancied the corporate lifestyle. I used to feel that to be in meetings, presentations, strategy discussions, etc., was a great thing. However, only recently did I realize the fact that corporate lifestyle is nothing too great, to really draw inspiration from. Today, I can understand that while the corporate life is full of meetings, deadlines, presentations, and pressures, the consequent fallout is hazardous to health, which not many of us are aware of. We are extremely busy climbing the corporate ladder to realize that by the time we reach the top we are hardly in physical condition to do justice to the job and execute our responsibilities properly. It is also saddening that while most of us are taught strategies, leadership, marketing, and other management issues in our colleges, not many colleges are teaching the importance of a balanced lifestyle. So, while we have mastered the art of climbing to the top, we have lost the ability to control our lives. We are doing programming that will fetch the company billions of rupees, but we are not loyal to our lives that can never be replaced. The consequences are obvious health related issues that are in turn reducing productivity, increasing absenteeism and resulting in the loss of man-hours which can never be replaced.
So what is the way out? Certainly, the way out is to have a re-look at our lifestyles, identify the areas of possible concern, and develop a strategy to make the most of our lives. Will you not agree that if you were a little more energetic, had a little more control over your life, you would be better placed than where you are? Life is not just about climbing the corporate ladder or about financial rewards or promotions or purchasing that dream car. It's also about being happy and energetic, and about the adage that we have all heard about since our childhood "health is wealth". Yet, we do not bother about our health, until it becomes a matter of serious concern. Yes, we will think of it when things start to go out of hand. We will think of it when the doctor suddenly recommends that you need to lose those extra 20 kg, else a serious heart problem is around the corner.
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