“Are you really managing your time well during this Pandemic?”
To deal with this pandemic we all have started doing courses and making the most of our ‘time’ which apparently is our ‘free- time’.
To make a note of our behavioural changes during this time, I would just make you dive in deeper and read this once-
Why do we have an urge to make the most of our time?
We are never raised with a thought of taking care of ourselves but with a thought of looking out for someone else who would take care of you like you’d have wanted. So, the first thing that crosses our minds when we get free time is not to think about ourselves, or just sit and think about the day but to think why aren’t we being productive even in the last hour of the day. No one questions why isn’t a happy index culture placed at our workplaces (forget about implementing it throughout the country). Nobody questions why a small country like Bhutan with 3.9% GDP growth— lower than most of the developing countries can attain a happiness index/meter of 0.756 on a scale of 0–1 (as surveyed in 2015) and the huge technology hubs can’t even think about it.
Now, when in this pandemic we all are working from home and not being able to move out of our homes, we think we aren’t being productive enough. Even if we sit facing our computer screens more than what is demanded or even our bodies can take, we still think we aren’t giving in enough.
But the truth is, we are already facing a lot of difficulties and we should praise ourselves for being so strong. We are surviving the century’s most difficult situation and still believing in — this too shall pass — isn’t this in itself so great?
Some questions I want you to ask yourself –
1. Why is it so difficult to accept that you’re doing good.
2. Why can’t you just believe that you too need time for yourself?
3. Why is it so difficult to understand your body needs time, too?
I’m sure, each one of us knows answers to all the three questions above but none of us would accept our little inner voice, in fact, we’ll shun it. Well, I won’t say it is unexpected because that’s how we were raised and that is what we are made to expect from ourselves.
* We are raised with a belief to give in your heart and soul to your work and everything you love to do.
*We are raised to make believe ourselves that keep pushing yourself is the only limit!
* We were raised to accept happiness as an emotion but if you may cry, you suddenly do not know what’s happening around!
* We were raised with an idea to stay modest, always and never to forget our roots.
I do not challenge any of the said things above, but I do believe we are missing out on Life because of the way we are raised.
We aren’t taught to draw a line when we are giving in everything to something or somebody unless we know how much should be given, it’ll always overflow and our efforts will just float out of the desired output. Pushing the limits is surely one of the beautiful lessons I have ever learned, but no one tells us that taking care of yourself, your dreams and taking out time for yourself is equally important to sustain ourselves. Making ourselves happier should be the key goal.
The biggest flaw in the way we are raised is that you should accept everything when you’re happy but if you are feeling any other emotion apart from that, you are suddenly not yourself! It took me 7 years to realise how beautiful it is to learn from every emotion I feel. When you start accepting the way you want to behave and react to your surroundings, you learn how to live. You give a new dimension to your life, then.
Not forgetting where did we come from is a blessing. But with time I realised, do not let anyone push you over. Be it the workplace, friends, colleagues, anyone. You have your own special place. Own it.
Managing time is surely a task but taking time for yourself should remain the priority out of all tasks for the day.☺
