The Pizzazzy

Yesterday was a busy day in office. In the midst of all the piled up work I got a mail titled VRS (Voluntary Retirement Scheme) from one of my dear friend. The mail nicely declared that she is taking Voluntary retirement much early in her career to spend more time with her teenage daughter.

This created quite a ripple in the quite lives of many of my friends. And our group mail suddenly became active by everyone wishing or wanting to take a early retirement. In fact I had to steer another dear friend from the very idea by reminding her how she wants the best for her kid and how important it is for her to work and be able to provide that. Another friend added that it was important to have a career to have your identity and financial independence and also keeping in mind the inflation it is really neccessary for both the parents to work.

These facts and practicality got everyone on ground from the dreamland of retired life. But to be truly honest I have also nurtured a dream to be free of the work routine and be my own boss like my sister. I don’t think even if we retire we are away from work. After leaving an 8 hours job we would be totally into a 24 hours job for which no one will appreciate us.

We respect homemakers but society does not. But then if not for our moms who were truly homemakers we wouldn’t be where we are. What will it take to have that perfectly balanced life? Even after a hectic day at office you are expected to be there for your family. So, we still work 24 hours but the good part is that for the 8 hours out of these 24 we are paid and appreciated.

I feel the men should be grateful to women that we are so flexible. We are equally proficient at handling home affairs as well as professional life. And if need be we can very smoothly transition from a full time employee to a full time homemaker.  It’s a completely personal decision based on priorities in life and I respect my friend for being able to decide the best for herself and her family.

In all this talk I have to write about the new age husbands who understand the demands of a professional career and are caring and understanding in personal life. They appreciate the achievements and motivate to fight the hurdles. So, slowly we are looking at an age where we might be finally considered equal if not better.

Okay gals, too much of lecturing. Lets get down to business, now that my dear friend has already taken retirement as it was her last working day yesterday and also I have some friends who are full time mommies I did some googling and came up with this interesting retirement-forum. People have shared money matters, hobby ideas and some interesting talk related to retirement. Check it out. Others can look but don’t even think about it.