Brooding!!!

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Follow us:WhatsappFacebookTwitterTelegram.cls-1{fill:#4d4d4d;}.cls-2{fill:#fff;}Google NewsThey say the shortest distance between two points is a straight line. Anyone who's been to Mumbai will disagree with it. I have been to Mumbai on a couple of occasions haven't really traveled that extensively though but have traveled enough and seen people around me who spend 4 hours every day on the road just to reach office and back. For me that's four unconstructive hours wasted of your life daily. My brother in law lives in the suburbs and travels to town for work daily. The only time he gets to spend time with his children is in the weekends. So pretty much he watches his kids grow either in pictures or the weekends. And sadly this has become an accepted way of life. Why just Mumbai I guess that's how life has become for the most of us. Though my home is 25 minutes away from work place but I get to spend only two hours with my family from Mon-Sat. and comes Sunday by the time i start my day its already noon. Then i have my family ready with a list of things for me to do and the result is that as the week hits its end i am not happy that Sunday is round the corner rather i almost start dreading " oh!! Sunday will be over soon and i will start the grind again. Does this mean I am not ambitious enough?? I don't think so!! On the contrary I am kind of a workaholic but away from the rat race, coz I believe even if you win in a rat race you're still a rat. And I go through these emotions despite the fact that I love my job and have a great time with my colleagues (I really do). But the overwhelming feeling of not having a personal life really bothers me now. Though I am not on the wrong side of 30's yet but the fact that life is really fleeting by and between completing jobs at work and then at home i rarely get to spend time with myself and I don't care if I am sounding selfish. There are so many things I want to do, a little wish I had since childhood to learn how to play a flute or travel as much as I can and I am not even going there. I mean small things like meeting up old friends or watching a favorite 30 min sitcom on television or even reading a novel from to start to finish, which I have been trying to do for the last two years. I don't know if you can identify with this or it's just me cribbing. But I for sure as hell do want to stop from time to time and experience LIFE, enjoy whatever little I have achieved so far and start my journey again.
first published:March 22, 2006, 12:27 ISTlast updated:March 22, 2006, 12:27 IST
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They say the shortest distance between two points is a straight line. Anyone who's been to Mumbai will disagree with it. I have been to Mumbai on a couple of occasions haven't really traveled that extensively though but have traveled enough and seen people around me who spend 4 hours every day on the road just to reach office and back. For me that's four unconstructive hours wasted of your life daily. My brother in law lives in the suburbs and travels to town for work daily. The only time he gets to spend time with his children is in the weekends. So pretty much he watches his kids grow either in pictures or the weekends. And sadly this has become an accepted way of life. Why just Mumbai I guess that's how life has become for the most of us. Though my home is 25 minutes away from work place but I get to spend only two hours with my family from Mon-Sat. and comes Sunday by the time i start my day its already noon. Then i have my family ready with a list of things for me to do and the result is that as the week hits its end i am not happy that Sunday is round the corner rather i almost start dreading " oh!! Sunday will be over soon and i will start the grind again. Does this mean I am not ambitious enough?? I don't think so!! On the contrary I am kind of a workaholic but away from the rat race, coz I believe even if you win in a rat race you're still a rat. And I go through these emotions despite the fact that I love my job and have a great time with my colleagues (I really do). But the overwhelming feeling of not having a personal life really bothers me now. Though I am not on the wrong side of 30's yet but the fact that life is really fleeting by and between completing jobs at work and then at home i rarely get to spend time with myself and I don't care if I am sounding selfish. There are so many things I want to do, a little wish I had since childhood to learn how to play a flute or travel as much as I can and I am not even going there. I mean small things like meeting up old friends or watching a favorite 30 min sitcom on television or even reading a novel from to start to finish, which I have been trying to do for the last two years. I don't know if you can identify with this or it's just me cribbing. But I for sure as hell do want to stop from time to time and experience LIFE, enjoy whatever little I have achieved so far and start my journey again.