Just
like many of you, I have been keeping busy with loads of work while still
feeling unsatisfied and a constant stress which I have been facing over last
few months. I usually exercise (weightlifting/ running) which helps me release
the stress, but with the pollutions concerns in Delhi, it's better to stay at
home than going out and smoking 40. And with the
constant unscheduled travel, physical tiredness is also a factor. So I am going
to document my last two weeks to really put down my "busyness" to
test.
Monday:
Woke up at 4:30 AM, was at airport by 5:30 to catch 7 AM flight to Chennai.
Long queue at airport, and breakfast meant I was in flight at 6:40. Landed at
10:00 AM, and was in client office by 10:30 AM. Team review, client discussion
meant that it was 5:30 in evening. Got an earful from everybody and started
changing plans to initiate all the project sites by the end of the week. Spent
almost an hour on phone and further hour on changing my flight tickets. Had a
late night flight to Bangalore, reached by 10:30, hotel by 12:00 and hit the
bed by 12:30.
Tuesday:
Woke up at 6:30, went through mails, reached client site, did the site review,
client meeting again at 3:30 which went till 5:30. I left immediately to
Airport and had a 8:30 flight back to Delhi. Ended back in home and hit the bed
by 12:30.
Wednesday:
Visited office then went to client site in Delhi, post which had a meeting with
my bosses back in our office. The meeting went till 09:00 PM, was back home and
hit the bed by 10:30 PM.
Thursday:
Woke up at 4:30, took the flight to Mumbai, was at site by 10:30, did project
kick off and left back for Delhi in evening around 6:00 PM for 8:30 flight. I was back in Delhi and reached home by 11:30 PM.
Friday:
Project kick off in client site at Sohna, left from home at around 9:30, drove
down 30+ km, meeting, expectation setting, lunch and left back for home by 5:30
PM. Did a lot of flight booking after coming back to accommodate new plans for
next week
Saturday:
Went to office for a meeting with bosses, done, dusted and closed the weekend
by 5 PM.
Busy eh!
A high level summary would include almost 4-5 flights a week and associated travel, a meeting time of close to 8 hours and rest of the time going to communication with the team throughout the day and site visits.
In all my busyness, I am looking for an opportunity to find time to create more value and use it effectively
