It was on October 2, 2007. The day started as usual with jogging at the park. I usually wake up around 6 a.m., get ready and move out jogging. I generally wear a watch but plan to have a stop watch in the near future to keep track whether I am running exactly 30 minutes or not. You know there are something in life you must be serious about like 'fitness' you may ask "Why?" I should say a good exercise in the morning energizes you. It gives you the boost to start the day energetically. Here I mentioned of a Chocolate Boosted Day. The reason I explain later.
After jogging, I usually come home and take rest and have tea and do yoga. This can be the second best thing to do. Your body should be toned and flexible so as to cope the daily stress you have at work. You know 9 hours of office work in a back office at Kolkata, which I am doing .not only me there are many guys and girls who are doing to earn a living in private firms. If you compare the working hour with a government office job, you feel simply jealous. My father works in a college which is a government job. Anyway, lets not deviate from the life of thought. We all work hard in private company as it is our productivity, both quality and quantity matters!
I read some good books. I am presently reading Lateral Thinking by Edward De Bono. I also read another good book called Five Point Someone by Chetan Bhagat. Mr. Bhagat is a ex-IIT. He wrote his life during his study at IIT. It is an interesting story with a good touch of humor. You will get a belly laugh while reading the book and you will get to know an engineering student can also be a good writer!
I took lunch and then went for a short nap. I usually write something in the afternoon. I love to write. We all know that 'pen is mightier than sword.' So writing is an art and as you go on writing you develop a writing style and feel happy. I try to write all sorts like short story, autobiography, poetry, scientific writing, stories etc. You know writing personal diaries helps you feel good. You will feel better. You will feel in a light mood after expressing you pale and stale day in colorful words.
My day changed when I took some chocolate before lunch. A piece of chocolate given by my brother who stays abroad. For a long time, it has been kept in refrigerator. So I took that piece. Actually my father wanted to take that piece but I took it and he scolded me for taking his piece of chocolate. He told me to buy chocolates for myself. Anyway I took the chocolate as I was hungry. A little later we took the lunch. In our family we are 4 members. My mom, dad, grandmother and I. I never knew that chocolate will boost me in my work at night! In my medical transcription office, I am doing a night shift this week. The night shift jobs are quite hard! You have to work from 9 p.m. to 7 a.m. But if you love to work, you will feel better and happy. If you can struggle to sleep in the day, your life as a bat will be better. I mean a "bat." Bats sleep in the day and remain awake at night. So is the call center and medical transcription jobs. Some workers work at night to keep the office running 24×7. The employees who get married while working in a back office feel the pain of leaving family at night. But it's a profession where working at night is a part of your job. In your back office, you work hard for companies which are located at United States of America and United Kingdom. The processing of work is done here and sent to USA and UK. You might ask why these works are sent here in India and other developing countries. These helps the companies generate profits. We have a large number of workers who will work at a reduced cost thereby the profit margin of the USA companies or hospitals (in case of medical transcription) increases. You might also ask why this type of jobs are increasing popularity? The answer is the job crisis in our government and general sectors! The jobs are few and the applicants many!
I had my tiffin in the evening and got ready to go to office. I took a metro around 7:30 p.m. after packing my dinner to the office. I reached office at 8:30 p.m. and started work. My target was 500 lines. I am good at typing. So I reached the target around 3 a.m. the next morning. I went on working and reached 809 lines. The supervisor congratulated me for reaching a high score in line count. In our transcription career, line count along with good accuracy gives you accolades and people cheer up and appreciate your work. I logged off and took my metro around 7:30 from Kalighat. The metro in Kolkata runs from Dumdum to Tollygonge. From North to South Kolkata. This is the fastest means of transport available. Most of the Kolkatans prefer this rather than bus which stops at every signal on the roads. The traffic jams spoils your time limit for reaching your destination.
I reached Belgachia which is before Dumdum and walked my way to home. My house is 10 minutes away from this metro station. You know it is good to walk in the morning. A morning walks helps you keep your mind fresh as you inhale fresh air walking across a green environment. In my neighborhood, there are a lot of trees in the road. Bus can be an alternative to walking to home but taking bus for short distances spoils your health.
I reached home and took a bath and my breakfast and went to sleep. I felt better that a day passed out nicely only for the piece of chocolate before lunch. That piece of chocolate elevated my mood. That piece of chocolate added flavor. That piece of chocolate made everything sugary at night and in the time of come in my life! So I will advise everyone to take only a piece of chocolate a day and see the magic! It will generate a 'Feel-Good-Factor' in you! This will boost you in your normal activities and also in your job.