According to the world health data, more and more millennials are killing themselves in stressful jobs everyday. This was my life, until now.īut on the contrary there were also some horrifying statistics that the curious me was reading often. ![]() And that is also why the very idea to quit that job that was slowly killing me – became even scarier. In the end I became its slave and then you can’t let it go. I was willing to slog for it, crunch extra hours for it, and even go beyond what I can achieve, for it. It’s an addiction, because I needed it to pay my bills, pay our rent, and to even afford the lifestyle that I had designed around that paycheck. With time I realized, a monthly salary is really more than a happy-salary-day today. But now, I doubt it.Ī post shared by Shraddha Gupta there was also the much needed paycheck – always. ![]() ![]() – And for a really long time I thought this was the perfect life balance, and that’s how ambitious girls my age should work it. Dressing up feels like a punishment on the only weekends I get. Going to the parlor or getting a simple haircut is like a project for me. I am working most of my days, and when I am not – I am cooking, struggling to keep my house together and living like a zombie half asleep, with pain in my body, and days of insomnia in my eyes. Honestly, I can’t seem to manage even one third of that today. Yes, this is a millennial problem because when my mom was 31 – she was raising two kids, and rocking a joint family. I am 31 years old now, and I already feel I have burned out faster than I imagined. Just that: we get it wrong most of the times. Work-life-balance as we call it in our modern day. Growing up I too thought – this was the idea of a perfectly successful life. On top of that were days of comparisons and influences that came from my peers – who would spend hours in their office and talk about how they manage home, and their married life along with their hectic office chores. I, for a really long time in my life connected the idea of being successful in my career to having a fancy yet stressful, and demanding job. I loved the rush of new projects, and long hours of work that lead to an even tiring night. To confess, I have always been a workaholic. Studied in three different countries, and worked in some prime companies in my niche field, bagging some insanely cool experiences. Looking back at my 10 years of professional profile – I feel I did really well. I started working immediately after, and have been working since – some really long and tiring jobs, and some short gigs that lasted from 6 months to a year or two. I didn’t take a break in between, so by the time in was 21 – I was done with my post grad as well. ![]() I finished my higher education in 2010, right after my undergrad. So even though I am writing this post from my perspective, a girl’s perspective really, I would still appreciate if men would relate to it too. Today, the burn out from a hectic job is equal for both the sexes and so is the need for a true work life balance. No more do we live in a world where boys go for work, and girls become homemakers. Because today, quitting your job is really a unisex idea as well. The maid came at 6:30 AM did her job, the house is shining clean, laundry is done, breakfast and lunch was prepared on time, and I have a list of other house chores I might finish later with a Netflix and chill date with myself to end my day.” – This is my recovery phase and I might repeat this routine for as many days as I want, because I think everyone deserves a break post quitting.īefore you read further, here is a disclaimer: This is a unisex post. “I am sitting in my room in my Pajamas, sipping on my strong cup of hot coffee, at 3 o clock in the afternoon, with no plans, no pending files, no meetings and no classes to plan for.
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