My house help Didi comes very early in the morning. Around 9-9.30 am. It is also my peak focus and execution hours. Think of it like “call only if there is an emergency” kind of words I say to my Mom if she wants to call me during these hours.
However, when Didi comes, even if I give her a genuine smile and engross myself in work thereafter, she will continue talking to me. If not talking, she will make some noise that would force me to turn my head. Even if I say nothing, it does take a toll on my concentration.
So I now do a weird thing: I open the gate for her, and come sit in my car and do my work.
It’s weird. I am basically self-expelled from my own home.
But at the end of the day, life is all about choices.
Do I want to ruin the most important hours of my morning? Or do I want to spend my mornings bickering about the fact that she did not dust around the home 3 days in a row?
Yes, I do stay back (in my home, lol) once or twice a week so we could just align things. Yes, I also want to change her timings and we will get to that some day. For now, I needed her help more than she needed mine. Hence, this arrangement.
The point is: Even in the middle of the things that you cannot change (as it would happen a lot) you can still change a lot of things.
The question worth asking is, “Is the thing you are giving attention to even worth your attention?”
