Kotler - Move Over!
5 weeks ago
Life has taken a complete new turn for me, with marriage and studies towards a doctoral degree. I have been having a leisure life ever since I completed my masters studies last year and was just job hunting all through the second half of 2008. Then I got married and since the economy was so bad, I abandoned the job search and turned towards applying to universities for PhD studies. Though the leisure life is great, it actually gets me depressed. I was really happy when I got admit into PhD program in Materials Science Engineering department in the Univ of Utah, and got hired by Mike to work on Solar cells research. I started working on the research during summer 2009, and my classes started from fall 2009. Life started getting busy since June, but it became downright hectic from August.
People always tend to have an impression that, studying is the same as working. So many women are working and taking care of home, so it is no different. But studying, esp. Doctoral studies are so much different. It is pretty much like working, studying and taking care of home. So we have to juggle, work (research work, coz my prof is paying me!), classes, assignments and exams (cause I have to keep up my grade!) and also take care of my home. Add to this schedule, my extra-curricular activities and it gets insane!
At times it becomes really difficult to juggle all these three and also have a social life. I am good at prioritizing my tasks, but this sometimes happens at the expense of my home-care. I am really glad Sree is so understanding, and helps me out at home, but still there are so many things left undone because I am not able to get to them ever. Even after working all week and weekend, I am never done, I am always playing catch-up with my studies, home-care and also my research. Over time this leads to frustration build-up. It is really important to not get this frustration build up and blow out like a volcano. It has bad effects on your work as well as life. So to fight it out, I talk to Sree about my day and what really bothers me and I also have my friend Liz at school to confide in. I also make sure I have fun times and dates with my hubby, and this is a wondrous stress-buster.
It really helps out to talk with people who are in the same situation and come up with ideas that will help make life easier. One such blog is FlyWorkingLady....a retort from working women. which is hosted by a wonderful friend of mine. Look up this blog for tips and ideas to get through a busy life.
I might have just talked about the crappy things about a busy life, but it has its advantages too. There are so many things that you learn, make new friends, learn to cope with different things that come your way and finally get experience which is the biggest lesson of all. I would rather be busy and happy, than be not busy and depressed. So till the next time, be busy and happy!
People always tend to have an impression that, studying is the same as working. So many women are working and taking care of home, so it is no different. But studying, esp. Doctoral studies are so much different. It is pretty much like working, studying and taking care of home. So we have to juggle, work (research work, coz my prof is paying me!), classes, assignments and exams (cause I have to keep up my grade!) and also take care of my home. Add to this schedule, my extra-curricular activities and it gets insane!
At times it becomes really difficult to juggle all these three and also have a social life. I am good at prioritizing my tasks, but this sometimes happens at the expense of my home-care. I am really glad Sree is so understanding, and helps me out at home, but still there are so many things left undone because I am not able to get to them ever. Even after working all week and weekend, I am never done, I am always playing catch-up with my studies, home-care and also my research. Over time this leads to frustration build-up. It is really important to not get this frustration build up and blow out like a volcano. It has bad effects on your work as well as life. So to fight it out, I talk to Sree about my day and what really bothers me and I also have my friend Liz at school to confide in. I also make sure I have fun times and dates with my hubby, and this is a wondrous stress-buster.
It really helps out to talk with people who are in the same situation and come up with ideas that will help make life easier. One such blog is FlyWorkingLady....a retort from working women. which is hosted by a wonderful friend of mine. Look up this blog for tips and ideas to get through a busy life.
I might have just talked about the crappy things about a busy life, but it has its advantages too. There are so many things that you learn, make new friends, learn to cope with different things that come your way and finally get experience which is the biggest lesson of all. I would rather be busy and happy, than be not busy and depressed. So till the next time, be busy and happy!
I am a REBEL – this is the answer that comes to my mind when I think of this question. I am and have been a rebel all through my life. This is not just a statement that is being made to sound or look cool, it is a fact. From the moment of my birth, to the present and beyond I am an eternal rebel! My parents thought they were going to have a boy, but viola – it turned out to be me! Be it traditional norms or societal norms, for me rules are meant to be broken. I take thrill in breaking the usual norms and being right in doing what I do. I hate doing anything in life without taking a risk. For me: a life that doesn’t take a risk, is a life not worth living! I am not your usual girly-girl.
I am techno-savy, love cars, love fixing things with my hands, hate sitting around gossiping, love to have a drink with friends, love watching sports, keep up-to-date on news, hate watching soaps, love carpentry, loves outdoors, enjoys cooking and can laugh out loud with my guy friends. Confused?? Well don’t be! This is the kind of girl that I am, a complete rebel to the definition of a girl! This is shown in my love tattoos as well. They have always been a complete no-no in my family, but I am the first one to get one (now I have three). It is kinda like proclamation to my rebel nature. This rebelliousness is also deeply incorporated into my thought process too. Every single thing that I learn, I learn with the question: why should only that be right? It helps me keep my mind open to other possibilities, no matter how bizarre they might be. This helps in my analytical ability and builds up my logical capacity. I am a practical and down-to-earth person who loves to defy norms in life!
I am techno-savy, love cars, love fixing things with my hands, hate sitting around gossiping, love to have a drink with friends, love watching sports, keep up-to-date on news, hate watching soaps, love carpentry, loves outdoors, enjoys cooking and can laugh out loud with my guy friends. Confused?? Well don’t be! This is the kind of girl that I am, a complete rebel to the definition of a girl! This is shown in my love tattoos as well. They have always been a complete no-no in my family, but I am the first one to get one (now I have three). It is kinda like proclamation to my rebel nature. This rebelliousness is also deeply incorporated into my thought process too. Every single thing that I learn, I learn with the question: why should only that be right? It helps me keep my mind open to other possibilities, no matter how bizarre they might be. This helps in my analytical ability and builds up my logical capacity. I am a practical and down-to-earth person who loves to defy norms in life!
I was supposed to post this on August 15th, but then as always I am late posting it. Though late, here goes my post!
As soon as we hear “Independence Day”, there are many things one is reminded of. It always reminds me of the things we used to do for the day at school. For one, there was always Marching (called the March Past) for all the houses (groups, kids were divided into) of the school, neatly following their House Leaders who followed the Head School Girl and other office holders. There was always prize distribution for the various competitions that took place months before the event, chocolate distribution and not to forget the Flag hoisting ofcourse. The celebration of Independence Day was actually predated by loads and loads of practice by the kids and the organizing of this stuff by the Teachers. I was always an integral part of this, being the Band leader and one who conducted the March Past and then later the Head Girl.
Even after I got out of school I always made it to the Flag Hoisting ceremony on this day, even these past three years after coming to the US of A. It one of those days when I feel totally proud of being an Indian. This year there was flag hoisting followed by some good patriotic music at the Hindu Temple in Salt Lake City. Here there was this professor at the University who addressed the gathering, and he voiced my thoughts, thoughts which I am going to share here.
What does it mean to be an Indian? I have heard people say many a time that though they live in another country, their heart is still Indian. What exactly do they mean by that? Does it mean that, they still eat Indian food, still wear Indian attire, continue to drink chai, play cricket, eat pani puri, and poke their noses into other people’s lives? Or does it have a completely different meaning. Well, I feel it all the above and also there is much more to it.
I guess for me being Indian is taking pride in being the largest democracy in the world, being the first to establish a University (remember the Takshashila University?), being the country who gave birth to such wonderful legends as Aryabhatta, a great mathematician and astronomer was the person to tell world about the decimal system and gave the world the number “zero” (without which the mathematics and physics as we know today wouldn’t exist), as Sushruta, a doctor to have performed the first surgeries in the history of medicine and as Rabindranath Tagore, a great poet and artist. These are but a few examples which is the tip of the iceberg, but it does feel proud to be a part of a nation with such a rich and a wonderful past. It is also about taking pride in the fact that we achieved Freedom from the British empire and establishing our own democracy 62 years ago, thanks to wonderful people and leaders like Shahid Bhagat Singh, Chandra Sekhar Azad, Raj Guru, Mahatma Gandhi, Jawaharlal Nehru, Bal Gangadhar Tilak, Subash Chandra Bose and many more great leaders.
I would just like to take this moment to remember every wonderful and unique Indian who made history and Indians who continue to make history in their respective fields and congratulate them on being Indians and say that I am Indian with all my Pride!
Jai Hind!!!
As soon as we hear “Independence Day”, there are many things one is reminded of. It always reminds me of the things we used to do for the day at school. For one, there was always Marching (called the March Past) for all the houses (groups, kids were divided into) of the school, neatly following their House Leaders who followed the Head School Girl and other office holders. There was always prize distribution for the various competitions that took place months before the event, chocolate distribution and not to forget the Flag hoisting ofcourse. The celebration of Independence Day was actually predated by loads and loads of practice by the kids and the organizing of this stuff by the Teachers. I was always an integral part of this, being the Band leader and one who conducted the March Past and then later the Head Girl.
Even after I got out of school I always made it to the Flag Hoisting ceremony on this day, even these past three years after coming to the US of A. It one of those days when I feel totally proud of being an Indian. This year there was flag hoisting followed by some good patriotic music at the Hindu Temple in Salt Lake City. Here there was this professor at the University who addressed the gathering, and he voiced my thoughts, thoughts which I am going to share here.
What does it mean to be an Indian? I have heard people say many a time that though they live in another country, their heart is still Indian. What exactly do they mean by that? Does it mean that, they still eat Indian food, still wear Indian attire, continue to drink chai, play cricket, eat pani puri, and poke their noses into other people’s lives? Or does it have a completely different meaning. Well, I feel it all the above and also there is much more to it.
I guess for me being Indian is taking pride in being the largest democracy in the world, being the first to establish a University (remember the Takshashila University?), being the country who gave birth to such wonderful legends as Aryabhatta, a great mathematician and astronomer was the person to tell world about the decimal system and gave the world the number “zero” (without which the mathematics and physics as we know today wouldn’t exist), as Sushruta, a doctor to have performed the first surgeries in the history of medicine and as Rabindranath Tagore, a great poet and artist. These are but a few examples which is the tip of the iceberg, but it does feel proud to be a part of a nation with such a rich and a wonderful past. It is also about taking pride in the fact that we achieved Freedom from the British empire and establishing our own democracy 62 years ago, thanks to wonderful people and leaders like Shahid Bhagat Singh, Chandra Sekhar Azad, Raj Guru, Mahatma Gandhi, Jawaharlal Nehru, Bal Gangadhar Tilak, Subash Chandra Bose and many more great leaders.
I would just like to take this moment to remember every wonderful and unique Indian who made history and Indians who continue to make history in their respective fields and congratulate them on being Indians and say that I am Indian with all my Pride!
Jai Hind!!!
