There is life after work

Post 38 Snatch a little leisure from a busy life

In a meeting at the Ministry where I worked for in the 1990s, those of us who attended the meeting were each given a photocopy of an article on ‘There is life after work’ by the Chairman. We were told that if we do our work efficiently and effectively, there is no necessity for us to work overtime. He asked us to go back after work and do some exercise or spend quality time with our family members.

A CEO of a multi-national company remarked that it is crazy for anyone to work even on weekends. He said, ‘Sundays are meant for the birds’ implying that only birds have still to go out and look for food on Sundays. He wanted his staff to snatch a little leisure from a busy life. If possible, they should not be workaholics who are so obsessively addicted to work.

An elderly man used to tell the young people he knew not to give the excuse that they had no time. He said that life is what one wants it to be. A person will have all the time he wants when he kicks the bucket.

Generally when we manage our time well and make life simple, we do not have to rush through life at the expense of our health.


23 March 2010