Doing nothing at all...

I have been gone for a really - really long time. I think it was just the after effect of the corporate chaos I was into.

My mind stopped working and I wanted a way out of this mad world where people were too busy justifying their jobs. After all, isn't this an integral part of making money and carrying a fat paycheck home end of the month.


So while others were busy putting formulas to excel sheets and calling it "Automation Projects" I scooted out :)

And what did I do while I was away ... got depressed , gained weight , blowed away money getting clothes that fitted my new found frame (round), completed 7000 kms. plus of road trips across the length and breath of my country (aimlessly) , fought with some friends and family ( till I turned them into foes) and changed roles    ( jobs). All in the same order by the way.

Well, though it has not given me any respite .... it does fit into the definition of "change". Change from monotony. I had stopped traveling to and fro from my workplace to home and back again , had stopped sitting and hatching eggs at my workstation and not being able to find any quality work to execute, and had stopped taking in loads of carbon - di- oxide in the smokers zone despite being a non smoker  - a price one pays for bonding and networking at the workplace.  If I look at it now - I feel the "change" has changed me as a person, for good or for worse I cannot judge. But it was change nevertheless. from the stressful monotonous work-life, and now with my new role at work, I am hoping to do some meaningful work at last, carrying out special developmental projects minus the corporate chaos since I have chosen to work from home for a year.






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