“A time for everything: 
a time to relax and a time to be busy, 
a time to frolic and a time to labor, 
a time to receive and a time to give, 
a time to begin and a time to finish.”
- Jonathan Lockwood Huie 

Claire gets out of bed at seven. She leaves the house at around half past eight and then works from 10AM to 8PM. These are the days when she doesn’t stay back for overtime. Working late would be till 11 or 12. She has zero knowledge of any gossip in her neighbourhood and the last time she went to party was a month ago. Drinks with friends start from a “maybe” to “I will try” and end up with a “sorry can’t make it!”

For women who are living this life, I think it’s about time to reconsider your priorities in life. No doubt that you effectively use the 24 hours of a day but how you spend them is a bit questionable isn’t it? It doesn’t take long before you start sensing those four imaginary walls that you have surrounded yourself with and are now struggling to find the key to the door that will lead you out, from isolation to the real world.

The herculean task for many working women is to figure out where to put the line between work and leisure. We all want to be out there and be successful but it shouldn’t be done at the cost of murdering our social life.

Without breaks even a star employees lose their charm to perform well. Life becomes boring, dull and absolutely colourless. You certainly don’t want to be caught by your boss taking a nap in your cabin! Everyone has a limit to perform and it’s important to understand that we are no ‘wonder woman’ from comic books but the average women who live life to the fullest and perform the best they can at work. So stop overburdening yourself and learn how to relax!

How can you possibly not miss those luncheons, dinner and birthday parties that you’ve bailed out on? All those fun times where you can car pool and go out with your girlfriends for a spa break?

Shopping, girls’ night out and checking out single guys and laughing around with your besties.

Don’t give up on your faithful commitment to work but frequently take a bit time off to ease of the pressure building up on you. I can guarantee, it will not only improve your professional life but will have a positive impact on your private life too!

-        Shivangi raj