Office - The Second Home

Day 156 - 844 days to go

Work-life balance is the state of dream life to anybody who is working. However, to many, the state of work life balance is actually become a new definition i.s. 50% of 24 hours spend in office and the other 50% spend outside office or home. This is the new definition of work-life balance to many now. Since we spend more hours in the office than at home, it is not too much to say that our office is our second home.

Different people will have different reasons to stay in the same company. For instance, good salary level, job satisfaction, company facilities, perks, convenient, easy job, location, and so on. To me it is more on the friendship that I build and enjoy now. Of course I like the job function and the overall pay package as well as the location of the company which is convenient to me.

To most people including me, a lot of time we have to live under stress no matter is in family or office. Hence, we need supports or at least a way out to ensure that we can cope and deal with the stress we face. Other family members and colleagues will be very critical under such a circumstance. Therefore, good family members and colleagues are a very vital part in our personal and office life.

Happy Events:

1. Despite very busy, I was manage to spend some time for yoga and aerobic as attending these classes are the most important leisure and soul searching activities for me in office. If I stop going to these class when there is no reason for me to go, it will be my time to leave this company as I cannot work without heart and soul in this company any longer.
2. After our PD department heart to heart talk with the CEO during our Talk Shop session yesterday, I found that my CEO is more friendly and nice to us or at least me based on my personal experience. He has been a very good boss and leader and by far the best leader for my entire career life. Now he is even nicer than before. Wow, I must be very lucky to be so direct and honest to him and get very encouraging response. Yup, no matter what, he will be my best boss and leader forever as I do not plan to work in any other company in future. If I ever quit, my next move will no longer a 9-5 job. Thanks Boss.

Creativity: Flexibility is part and parcel of creativity. Instead of working after 5:30pm, I chose to do exercise then and work now which is 2am in the morning. I still can complete my work but at the same time I enjoy my office life.

Rearrangement of work schedule or daily routine is one of the many creative ways to make full use or better use of our 24 hours. To be creative, one must be flexible in thinking and application. Rearrangement of work schedule is just an example of applying the flexible principle in innovation.