Work Life Balance – Off The Beaten Track

Milestone: Re-entering Workforce

My iWatch shows I have about 4K steps to my self imposed goal of 10K steps a day. I walk

I am at the stove deep frying thenkuzhal, a golden extrusion of rice and lentil flours fried and drained on

I sit between two women at the tae kwon do class my twins are at. We trade smiles each time

We stood near the vintage microwave, a relic from the 80’s J. C. Penney electronics division, a probe sunk partly

We roamed the mall side by side, me in my elastic waistband lounge pant and she in her jeans.

It is past 9:30 AM. Kids are in school, the kitchen is as clean as I can muster energy for,

Laddu is on her chair, the booster seat enabling to see the food in front of her. Saathi and I

“You should think about gainful employment,” my mom says to me as I sit on the floor, legs stretched out,

Sometime this week a year ago, I traded in my full-time job for something more flexible. A stay at home,

I woke up from a nightmare. Except this was mid-day. Feeling very relieved that I was alive and better yet,