A lot.
Sister suffers severe psychological ssues.
Has been known since 4 years. Can't leave her alone. Trying to get her up on her feet has been a challenge since such people are not that socially acceptable.
We've had to juggle cities just so that someone is there to tend to her.
It drains the life out of your life.
Such things definitely affect professional life as you can't give 100% to your work when your mentally stuck at your home.
Born and brought up in Delhi, and don't want to leave delhi and from the last 1-2 years rejected a lot of good companies bcz they are in bgl/Hyderabad.
My father's been sick for the past 5 years and I had to start working right after it to support my family. Haven't been able to take a single break because of that. Pretty drained out at this point.
Very high. Ups and downs in personal life definitely changes the mood and affects professional life, and vice versa is also true. Difficult to have a switch that can be turned on / off so easily.
I have been on both sides of this impact. For a long period of time, I tried isolating my personal & professional life but it doesn’t work at all.
If things are good in your personal life, it will impact the professional life & vice versa. Then I started accepting it and actively trying to manage it.
Marriage is a very big factor, it’s a make or break decision in anyone’s life. I feel bad that people don’t take it seriously. It is THE most important project of your life and you start working on it the time you become an adult, a good 4-5 years of effort is needed to land a successful marriage. Even if you want to do an arranged marriage, working on your own before that helps a lot, your goals, lifestyle, fitness, savings everything.
And at the risk of being utterly obvious, the best thing you can do to yourself is cut ties with people who don’t make you feel good. Living alone is much better than being with negative people.
Want to echo that Marriage is really a make or break. Has a lot of impact. Totally agree 💯
I remember making 7000/month and spending all of it on travelling by Uber everyday because my dad didn't let me use the car and the Summer heat was making me melt. I needed an AC so I instantly blew almost 4000 rupees/month on just Ubers...
Saw on GV news today that CAT dates are around the corner for this year!
Seven years ago, around this exact time, I was in full-on CAT prep mode. Every single day felt like a do-or-die scenario - early mornings, late nights, math form...
I'll go first. I became way more patient and empathetic, translating to much improved people skills at work. Please mention the positive changes only. The small negatives are too minor in the broad scheme of things as parents i believe.
