In this competitive world, we often have to put our jobs ahead of everything else. We have to pay our bills, EMIs, health care, and whatnot. Our lives have become monotonous from going to work from home and vice versa so that we don’t have time for other things.
In this corporate world, we hardly find time for vacations, going out with families, hobbies, and weekend get-togethers. Now, a corporate employee’s candid reflection on the toll of modern work culture has struck a chord with many.
Taking to her X handle, the woman shared, “Corporate is literally taking 12 hours of my time in a day including traveling and all I do is come home and sleep. This is scary because it looks productive but it's like being a dead puppet with no hobbies or self-love.”
“I wake up at 6 in the morning, get ready and leave for the office by 7 30 so I can reach by 9 30, I leave office by 6 in the evening, sometimes 6 30, 7 of course, then I travel back home and reach by 9 15 something, then I eat food by 9 45/10, then I sleep by 11 bc early morning,” she further added.
Of course, her tweet went viral with more than 313K views ,13K likes and 2.5K retweets. While it struck a chord with many, others highlighted the importance of finding a hobby and focusing on self-love.
“It's very weird kind of toxicity I've noticed in corporate. Even the people who had hobbies slowly sip into the cycle of corporate and lose touch with everything they resonated with. And, it's addictive,” commented a user.
Another user shared, “That's true, that is why being financially independent is never actually about the money, it's about freedom, freedom of one's time. Achievement of financial independence through just a job is a bit of a difficult task.”
“That’s where I am at. I come home so exhausted and without any energy to partake in my hobbies. Self-care is just curling up in bed, at this point,” shared another user.