TALK ABOUT A TIME WHEN YOU WERE QUITE BUSY
When it was?
Where you were?
What you were busy with? How did you manage?
Well, needless to say, most of the time, people find themselves running out of time because we remain too engaged with work Actually, a couple of months ago, it was my father's birthday As a routine, he went to work but I decided that I will arrange a surprise party for him. As other family members left as well, I made an excuse to stay at home saying that I am not feeling well But as soon as everyone left. I started to make the arrangements I was having approximately 6-7 hours to make all the arrangements so I decided to start with the cleaning of the house. As soon as 1 cleaned the house, the next thing was to invite the guests. I made phone calls to friends and relatives but told them to keep the secret and everyone was invited to the evening party at 6. So now, I was left with 4-5 hours and I decided to bake a cake for my father as a birthday gift. Since my father really loves the taste of the cake which I bake So, I baked a chocolate cake, which is my father's favorite. Now, it was time to decorate the house it took me more than an hour to decorate the house but it was looking awesome I was kind of tired by now. But I still had to place the order for the food for the guests and it was just about no clock when my father return and knocked on the door, he was super surprised because by that time all the guests had arrived and the house was looking extremely beautiful and everyone started singing the birthday song My father got emotional and he hugged me and he was very happy with the arrangements and he was kind of surprised by the way I managed everything in such a short period of time Overall, I can say that it was the time when I was over-occupied
FOLLOW-UPS
Q1. Do you think life has become busier these days?
- Certainly, people are far more occupied these days as compared to the past. In past, hardly one family member used to work, and that too for limited hours. But today most people work from dawn till dusk and children to remain engaged in studies from morning till night, eventually have no time to relax.
Q2 How busy lifestyle affects people?
- Needless to say, when people remain over-occupied they easily get mentally and physically exhausted. They start to lose interest in things as they get no time to relax in order to refresh their minds. In fact, poor relationships, mental stress, anxiety, and others are just because of being too busy.
Q3. Do you agree it is good to be busy than being idle?
- I totally agree, because when have nothing to do at all. it gets really hard to spend the time, especially those who remain idle at work often complain about the same. Therefore, being busy is good but one must not be over-occupied.
Q4. Do you think technology has helped people in saving time?
- Unquestionably, today machines are the lifelines of humans. With such a busy routine it is not feasible for most to manage all the duties at work and at home without the help of machines. This is perhaps the use of machines at work and at home is growing exponentially.