Work life balance is a state of mind where the quality of mind is calm and energetic. I have tried to explain this with below example.
Suppose group of people who normally go to expedition and their frequency is say once in 2 or 3 years. 2 years they use to prepare for this expedition and at end of the third year expedation starts. normally such expiation stays for 20 – 30 days. This is full of fun, enjoyment, hard work etc. These expeditions are nothing but something which is very close to their heart. Say going to small village for help, writing book, trekking, any social activity, photography etc can be the topic for such expeditions. What ever you love can be the topic.
This Story tells us that in a life span, when our life is full of energy, body is perfectly all right and mentally & physically we can face the world, 8 – 12 times such expedition can take place and we can leave life with full-on for at least 8 – 12 times.
The greatness of such expedition is that the individuals goes closer to its self and starts knowing his strength rather than weaknesses. Self confidence will boost and one can start understanding the life which is beyond the senses, beyond of what we can think. And those moments we will never try to preserve, because we will leave them daily and get inspired.
Process - During the preparation phase whatever is required for the daily requirement needs to be done and is a part of it. But simultaneously the preparation for the expedition should also be ON. For example if someone’s expedition is trekking or climbing mount Everest, then the regular exercise, stamina enhancements etc will be practiced daily. So both the activities are carried out in parallel.
Currently what is happening ? - Slowly the developments took place and world came very close. Example, earlier it uses to take 5 days to travel 200 km, now its 5 hrs, same is with the communication, information, transportation etc. Because of all this developments our daily life has become some much complicated that we are just busy in catching up with these new developments and trends. And if we don’t catch up then we are outdated and one will not have value in market.
The problem is not with the development, but the problem is we are running behind it to keep ourselves updated and allow others to decide our value in market. And we have got so involved in this, that the span of preparation time for expedition has become our entire life and the expedition never takes place. We can fool ourselves that we are having expeditions like, passing 12th, completing graduation, and promotion in organization, getting married, purchasing house, then car, children education and giving them whatever they required, insurance, policies etc. This is all true, but these are the daily needs to keep us in race and alive. This is all part & parcel of work. Where is life in all this? Where is the self growth in all this? By doing all this is confidence increasing of its fluctuating? Do we have the calm mind or it’s full of stress and worries? Are we doing ‘what we love’ or are we training ‘to love what we do’? There is nothing wrong in training ourselves to love what we do, but simultaneously we also need to train ourselves to discover what we love to do. Expeditions are something personal.
Scale down - Normally one week pick nick has become our expeditions and then again get on to the work like a machine. We are fortunate today that we are free from physical torture and we don’t have to fight for salvation. We can plan for such expeditions which are full of activities which we really like to do and get involved apart from work. Then we will start discovering ourselves with new strengths and life. But we have to remember that the duration of expedition should be long enough. I believe this can be one of the way of achieve work-life balance and this process will also help us to listen to our inner voice.
