Friday was an eye-opener for me. I have been shaken to the core. I read an obituary on my company's intranet portal about a 24 year young guy, who died of heart attack. 24 year young guy dying of heart attack... What's happening? No doubt this shook me completely but there was also something else that hit me hard. The fact is that over the last one month, I have read 5 obituaries on my company's intranet portal and the average age of those guys is around 25 years. Except for 1 case, which was a case of accident, the cause of death for others was - High BP, stress, heart attack. It makes me wonder - what am I doing with my life. All I do is warm the chair all day long and bang the keyboard. And not just me, there are countless others just like me. We stress ourselves no extent. And what do we get in return - pay hike, promotion, appreciation... But at what cost - health and life? I am not saying that I don't want to die or that I am scared of dying. My point is - why do quite a few of us (I assume there are a few guys, if not more, in IT who do not lead such a sedimentary lifestyle) put ourselves in a position where we risk ourselves, our health and our life.
I can understand if we sacrifice our life at such a young age while doing something for the country or if we sacrifice our life for someone. But this is not the case. These youngsters are working to earn a living, to support their family. And what happens to the family??? I dread to think of this.
Reading all this has made me think - what am I doing and why am I doing this???
Subscribe to:
Post Comments (Atom)
No comments:
Post a Comment