All work and no play has made very dumb Jacks

This is a sad fact. You ask any Indian IT tagged poor soul and the sorry state of affairs is that they do not have any answer for 'So, what do you do apart from work?'. The oft repeated answer is, "Oh, there isn't much time left to do anything after work and housekeeping". This, I speak chiefly about the Indian IT worker who comes under the Outsourcing yoke.

It also sadly reflects this strange Indian mentality that actually makes one feel guilty about treating yourself well. (Wonder what breed those Government servants are!!) Why in the name of divinity, do we have to feel sorry about not working over a damn weekend? And is talking about how long you stayed up in the night talking to your 'offshore' team the biggest of your brags? Quite literally, it sucks... the life out of you. In fact, many even subscribe to the idea that being paid in dollars mandates an output of 2.5 'resources' (not persons, mind ye all) out of one hapless soul. In fact, I neither empathise nor sympathise with those that feel this way!

I wonder why self development is not emphasized outside of work in this regard. Are we creating a bunch of technical, geeky, overworked dumb Jacks with bad postures, sorry tempers and even sadder respect for oneself. And dont even get me started on their idea of the various uses of time. It's 1 or 0. Work. Or sleep.

I could ramble on further, but it's just a nice day and I dont want to dawdle on that. Hmmph.