Working in my head office

After the whole rearrangements and shuffling done with the Zones and reporters I have been assigned the health beat and have started working from the head office which is an out and out new experience for me.

Before when I worked for the zones we all always wanted to come to the HO and do our stories and write for the city pages. And now when that is actually happening I am not really very happy. May be I’ve got used to the comfort zone in my bureau office, but the main thing that bothers me is the long hours of work that I have to put in and without any monetary hicks in my job. In the zones I started my work relatively early and was done with two stories a day by the time it was evening. I also had time for my family and especially Rahul, but now I don’t have time for myself and nor for anything else that I enjoy.

Now I start my day in the morning at around 11 as usual but my actual work starts only after 3.00 pm and gets over not before 8.00. then I forcibly wait for the daily editorial meets and then leave for home only at 9.00 so by the time I am home I am exhausted and don’t even feel like eating when I am home. Mostly I sleep empty stomach and have sleepless nights since I don’t know I am suppose to be doing the next day and this vacuum pisses me off.

Another thing that bothers me in the HO is the pressure which I feel on my head; I sense a sword hanging on my head all the time when I am in the HO. I guess it’s just the presences of all my immediate seniors around me and their eyes forever questioning on what I am upto in the office.

I guess I will have to learn to live with it as I can’t do much about it and may be tomorrow I’ll get use to this pressure and anxiety around me. I just pray I get something better and be a bit more relaxed in the next few days I am not started to feel sick and hope I don’t hit the bed with a ice pack on my head.