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Ubiquitous availability is now the standard. Cell phones never stop ringing. Emails barrage you round the clock. Being available is a 24 X 7 expectation. Burnout is not a badge of honour<\/em><\/span> but that is exactly what is happening because the culture is calibrated that way. People like us do things like this<\/em><\/span>. FOMO<\/span><\/em> is a malaise that is not helping any way.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n Even our rest times are ‘ active rest<\/em> <\/span>‘ at best. You stop work and your idea of rest is listening to a podcast or reading a book or playing the music of your choice, or watching a movie- all of which needs the mind to use its processing power. These are all fun diversions, a way to switch the mind\u2019s tracks without completely stopping its journey. We are never at complete rest- it is almost as if complete rest makes us restless<\/em><\/span>.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n The pandemic only accelerated this evaporation of boundaries. There are perks of working from home, but\u00a0one<\/span>\u00a0of the drawbacks is that we have lost\u00a0one<\/span>\u00a0of our last safe havens.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n Taking time to escape isn’t just a luxury – it’s essential. No need to fill in the blank<\/em><\/span>. Use that time(blank) to think, plan, dream. The Republic of Not Enough<\/em> <\/span>that we all are willing | unwilling citizens of, will never let you slack<\/em><\/span>. Because we are deeply buried most of the time in our ledger of lack<\/em><\/span>. It’s ironical to know that our best creations and inventions come during periods of slack<\/a> not when the mind is furiously occupied(or pre occupied). So is it almost an aberration that there is a productivity tool<\/em><\/span> used by many organisations around the world called Slack<\/em><\/span>?\u00a0 Probably not. Brilliantly counter intuitive branding<\/a>.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n <\/p>\n But\u00a0one<\/span>\u00a0thing is certain, we won\u2019t get this time by default – only by design<\/em><\/span>. Complete shut down of all senses, however short a duration it may be.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n <\/p>\n Listen to the old bray of your heart. Not to the piercing shrill of your mind. \u201cSometimes sitting and doing nothing is the best thing you can do,\u201d\u00a0reminds\u00a0Karen Salmansohn<\/em><\/span><\/a>, best selling author of\u00a0THINK HAPPY<\/em><\/span><\/a>. <\/p>\n As I conclude I am reminded of a brilliant campaign line of the chocolate brand 5 Star<\/em><\/span>– ” Eat 5 Star, Do Nothing<\/em><\/span><\/a> “. Don’t dismiss it as a Sweet Nothing<\/span><\/em>!<\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Loneliness is the poverty of self; solitude is the richness of self. Ubiquitous availability is now the standard. Cell phones never stop ringing. Emails barrage you round the clock. Being available is a 24 X 7 expectation. Burnout is not a badge of honour but that is exactly what is happening because the … Continue reading “Look up from your Ledger of Lack !”<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1316","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"aioseo_notices":[],"aioseo_head":"\n\t\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t![\"\"](\"https:\/\/www.sureshdinakaran.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/BUSY-vs-PRODUCTIVITY.jpg\")
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\nOnly by taking time to think, dream, and plan are we able to discern the essential few from the trivial many in our lives.\u00a0\u00a0<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n