Posted this on hive prior.
Namaste people,
I'm here to discuss something related to work stress and it management and it's effect.
First of, I would like to openly admit that, I've been full time working from past 3 years and I haven't been in a spot where I could say that I'm managing my personal and professional life well. Currently it's a disaster and it has always been disaster more or less.
To understand more there're few insight which the reader's need to know more before jumping up to my disastrous situation. So there's a benchmark set for the working ladies here in India and that is almost unachievable, I said almost because one can off course achieve it only at the cost of her happiness and joyful me time.
It was all over the world believed that women's are house maker and men's are supposed to earn money and handle finances, if not all over atleast here in India as we're more culturally involved. When women's started working, the position of the men's were threatened and off course of those women's who weren't (could be choice or anything) and all of them together set a benchmark that you can only be a perfect working women if you can handle your work and all of the chores of home effectively (meaning without the help) that made women who started or thought of working alot tougher as the job which was supposed to be done by men was the same but for women it was sort of doubled as she now has to complete her 8-10 hour working shift as well as cook, clean, wash and keep the house spotless and also take care of the kids.
Coming back to me I've been working in a leading Bank full time and it on total has a shift of 10 hours could be extended upto 12 without any overtime benefits.
My day starts with me freaking out about what time it is as I couldn't get up on time and I woke up at around 7am or 7.30am. All things before going to office include getting fresh and up, preparing lunch, basic cleaning house and 10 min of sanity with God, if I only I get lucky I get to have breakfast that is once in every 2-3 months and lunch also depends on me cooking it else there are days where i don't eat a single thing in the whole day. I get free from work around 7.30 to 8pm and reach at around 8.30pm. I start picking up things and getting everything settled up in around an hour and by the time it's sleep time for most people at around 10 pm I start cooking. Eventually I sleep at around 1.30 to 2 am as I'm not very much a chef and it's not my favorite. Here in India we cook every meal at home and women's are supposed to be incharge of kitchen.
Coming back to our questions,
How do you handle job stress? - Well! I haven't really been able to handle it till now, it's a mess and no doubt whatever I do, there a benchmark set in my brain and the society which is unachievable and I try to change things everyday but I'm on ground zero by the end of the day.
Do you deal with it well, or at some point has it generated some health discomfort or problems within the family? - I've been really sick from past 2 years and everything is related to food and stomach and improper timing and improper meal so that's a failure. Talking about family, I'm currently living with my little brother and my partner and trust me that is also not going well.
Would you prefer to do your office work from home? - I'm a banker and it's practically impossible to work from home also there's not even an assumption how can this be practically possible, so no clue about that.
Lastly, I try everyday for a good management and I'm going to try for the rest of my lifetime. Until then me and my disastrous situation.