Is work eating away your favourite time of the day?

This is a very old question with a very obvious answer - "yes".

If you ask a school going kid what her favourite time during school is, the answer would obviously be "interval/break" :-) and this answer has not changed much since a long long time. Similarly if you ask an adult what their favourite time at work is, 99% of the working population would answer "lunchtime" (Atleast the ones in the IT industry will say this for sure!). If this is the case, why aren't we making time for it? Well, I am not talking about those who have lots of time for lunch and take breaks very often :-)

Most of us bring our lunch to the desk to eat. I remember bringing in mug noodles, sandwich or a fruit bowl to my desk! Some people do this everyday and some even skip their meals altogether. Some are just glued to their desks and some even work for hours together without taking a break. Reason? They say they don't have time to bring in lunch or go out for it! These days the eat and work ethic is very popular. You either eat at the desk or go grab a quick lunch or order in a pizza or worst of all, depend on the vending machine for a big cup of coffee.

Most of the business these days revolves around the internet and deadlines are also not limited to a certain time on the clock. Meeting deadlines being a major concern, people are very crunched-up for time. Working population is very much competing to keep up with that and even skipping breaks to meet the ever increasing demand.

All I am saying is that, people need to make an effort to find the right balance between work and break.