Thursday, February 25, 2021

SO NEAR YET SO FAR

When my daughter was pretty young, it had been easier to get her into a discussion with me, to play or to spend time over studies. The internet had not caught up then and chat machines and phones were not there. Once into her teens, her world became different, friends were anytime around on social media and chats and tastes and topics of a young adult like her became very different from mine. The Work From Home concept was not implemented then and although I had to travel about three and half hours everyday to office and back to home, I used to consciously find time on my return to spend with my daughter. I still found a way to connect with her through books, movies and songs.


With the coming of the coronavirus and the Work From Home concept, a lot changed. Extended hours of work and work calls kept me always glued to my laptop. When there were discussions in the family, she would voice out that the time I spent with her was pretty less. Yes, Work From Home has caused work to eat up a big part of my life. This has been so for more than a year.

Today, I consciously made some time during the lunch, tea and dinner sessions to watch a movie with my daughter. We had lots of things to talk, laugh and share and after a long time, I felt life was again smiling inside our home.

We had been so near to each other for more than a year but still felt as though we had been very far away. I realized that time management is going to be the key.


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2 comments:

Binu Ittyerah said...

Yes, Going by the current trends Work from Home is being preferred by a big section of the world.
Time management is to be done wisely.
We can still find time to connect with our immediate family members as well as our Society.
We will have to innovate, hone the Communication Skills and find time to connect to Human beings.

Roy Cherian Cherukarayil said...

@Binuchetta...yes time has to be managed very well..in fact it will be great to take ideas from people we know about it. We have to find ways to connect with our family and fellow beings.