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Balancing acts...

Life seems to be full of these balancing acts, na? some of them larger than life and some so tiny that till u pay attention u wont even realise that you're really balancing between two different and mostly contrasting pulls on you. And for what its worth - the resolutions of these contrasting forces is pretty much the sum total of what we as people are all about!!! Some recent ones -

- Boss' priority on a project vs what i think is priority on my own job list!
(Resolution - start the boss' work and hopefully find someone to delegate it to - but keep focus and larger part of my time for my own priority!!)

- Eating with a friend in office vs catching up on networking gossip with another colleague
(Resolution - Keep lunch for friend (longer time spent...) but catch up with colleague over a smoke break - so what if i get exposed to some passive smoke!)

- Play the dutiful daughter to mom or go out and have another fun night with friends (Resolution - Friday night for mom ... but sat afternoon onwards for fun!!)

- Indulging in some good old laziness... or pull ass out of bed for some much needed exercise!!!
(Resolution - easy one this - indulge today, exercise tomorrow!)

- Proactively advise a friend on the errors of her ways .. wait till she comes to her senses and asks for it herself
(Resolution - Drop some hints around her abt how great my counselling skills are and expedite the approach herself mode!!)

Hmmm.. having written these down... its not that tough, is it??

:-)

Comments

Adri said…
Loved this post.
February 12, 2010 at 4:19 AM
AB said…
the last but one was pretty motivating :)
March 17, 2010 at 12:59 AM
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