Reflection – Integration of all Modules

Challenge

Post Lockdown, all of us in India like other nation stayed at home and had restricted  movements. For me , It was lots of family time after a long time , since being in marketing  profession I have to travel due to the assigned projects and site visits that keep me long hours  at work.

My husband and me both  working from home , with my two school going kids undertaking  online classes resulted in shared resources and  secluded work stations at home without much  distraction was rare.

It resulted many at times in over lapping worktime and home time. With my in-laws staying  with us and the non-availability domestic helps which we Indians are used to resulted in piling  of many pending household chores (Cleaning House, Laundry, Cooking, Tutoring Kids after  classes). The house work along with the office work was over-whelming as in India the  household work is the responsibility of the lady of the house:

The Challenge was the Work Life balance and separate Office work timing and House Hold wok  Timings.

Selection & Application:

Resorting to Design Thinking of innovation, I experimented with multiple tools times to check  what works.

Visualization (Module 1) and Mind Mapping (Module 3)

Dedicated Writing Board for the family to Scribble feelings /Menus for Week/ Thoughts for the  day or express their mind/ scribble schedule of the day.

Storytelling (Module 2)- I engaged with kids before bedtime to understand their perspective on  various topics from Meditation, Keeping Fit , Reducing the screen time , traditional Meal menus  to Fast Foods ,Vegetarian vs Non Vegetarian Food to get insight of their thought process to  manage the next days chores and alignments as realizes that working Mothers Kids have better  decision making and are more independent as the team in Good Kitchen Story of Journey  Mapping. We shared lots of old-time memories and school time stories of our childhood.

Learning Launch (Module 4)

Role Reversal -Since my teenage son is interested in cooking as a hobby, my husband for the  first time as an engagement activity started making Meal plans for all Sunday and the full day  Meal cooking was done by them and I could focus on other works.

Gardening and Meditation Activity In-charge was my Mother in law, who introduced family  prayers in evening as due to work load we were never home early evening.

Karaoke-We all planned Karaoke sessions once a fortnight and tried having dedicated fun time  to divide the work hours from family time due to staying at home.

Yoga- We also introduce Yoga to the kids as outdoor games were restricted and some physical  activities is required to stay fit.

Baking and Cooking-With my Kids We did lots of experiments with Baking Cookies and cakes.

Insight:

In applying the above tools I realized that all of them integrated together helped me train work  Life Balance in Current Scenario of Covid 19-VUCA.

