My writings have slowed down, maybe it’s the Writer’s Block. I am struggling to come up with ideas to write about, so the only article I have been writing in the past few weeks is my weekly summary of interesting articles I have come across recently.

So what’s going on these days? This is what a typical day in my life these days looks like:

Wake up and sweat it out – I try to wake up around 6:30 am, and spend some time doing my morning exercises. I do a brisk walk of about 2.5 kilometres four days a week and half hour yoga sessions on a couple of the remaining days. Sunday is usually my rest day.

A bit of cooking – I am the designated breakfast maker in the household. So, about an hour, post exercise, goes into making breakfast, typically South Indian fare such as Dosas, Idlis, Poha, etc.

Getting the kids ready for class – My kids have online classes in the morning. So alongside preparing breakfast, I help getting the kids ready for their classes.

Helping the kids with their online classes – My kids are still small, so they need some assistance at times with their classes. This takes up about two and a half hours.

Getting ready for work – Post kids online classes is when I get ready for my work. This is also when I enjoy my first cup of coffee for the day!

Work, and lunch – After an hour or two of work, it’s lunch time! Lunch usually consists of fresh fruit and some light South Indian fare.

Further work – The rest of the day till evening goes in work. I usually have a couple of calls during the day, which is a chance to connect with co-workers from across the world. This is also when I have my second cup of coffee for the day.

Dinner – I try to have an early dinner (at least by Indian standards). So I take a break from work around 7 pm for a relatively light dinner.

Back to work – My work currently involves working with colleagues in Europe and the US of A, so I usually spend a couple of hours at work, post dinner.

Relaxation – It’s after kids are in bed that I try and get some relaxation / entertainment time. Thanks to the restart of the English Premier League, these days this consists of watching some football (time-zones permitting). I also watch some streaming video.

One of the challenges I am facing these days is to get a clearer demarcation between work time and personal / home time. I admit that I am one of those people who miss ‘commute’ time, even if prior to lock-down, commute was only a 15 minute walk. But the discipline and activities involved in sticking to that routine felt like it gave me a greater degree of control over my time. These days, when I feel bored, I just sit in front of my computer and do some work of spend some time casually browsing. I miss the experience of going out, traveling (on work or for pleasure), meeting people, eating out, getting my senses stimulated by the sights and sounds outside. I do hope that things get back to some degree of ‘normalcy’ soon…