“Wish I had just two more hours in a day” – Do you find yourself saying this often to yourself?
Life in a metro makes the concept of “Effective Time Management” almost a laughable one. Most of the modern couples, who are both working and juggling life and work, would do anything to get a few more hours in a day. Isnt it?
Life is no different for me either... Living in the midst of the city’s hustle and bustle, the morning ragas start with sending off my little one’s to their schools along with their snack / lunch / project / and something else always to tag along with their heavy school bags.
A full five minutes of coffee in my balcony seems to be the ultimate luxury for me amidst the morning chaos. Another 10 mins of newspaper? I don’t get tempted too... what else do we do in office ?? :P I shall be enlightened with what the world is up to, when am more at leisure, Read Office :)
The morning though, all what goes on my mind is to get everyone and everything in proper times and proper shapes.
Most of the working women face the dual challenge of home / work time management. Forget gym, yoga or any other personal hobby, women hardly have time to even spend quality time with their little ones. Most of them are either in the day care/ with grandparents whose roles can never be replaced with the parents themselves.
But then, who’s going to pay for the iPods and the annual holidays and the multiplex weekend movies? With inflation, is it possible to raise demanding 21st century kids with a single income? Is it ok for them to spend a lot of time with strangers rather than yourself, just because you promise them a better lifestyle? What matters to kids? Is it the lifestyle / is it your presence?
It still pinches me to see my neighbour who can afford to take her kid for tennis after school. It’s the time she can afford for her kid, while I am still wondering if that homemaker is richer than me. Indeed she is. Most of the tennis schools are off by 6, which is only when me-the mommy is alive again. So what if I earn more... am still not able to drive my son in our brand new car to his favourite sport:(
(Pssst: our neighbour uses a bike).....Why is life so crazy!!!!
I agree, its not just money that women go out for. It’s for their identity, their talent (which should not be spent within the confines of a home), for a better exposure and ultimately, for a better lifestyle.
I just wonder, if it’s entirely possible to achieve all this, without the guilt of leaving your little ones waiting for you to pick them up from the day care...
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