Ever since I have put in my papers my day starts and ends with reading blog entries, surfing the net for personal reasons (like looking for an accommodation closer to my new work place, broadband service providers etc), composing good bye mails that I am supposed to send on the last day (I have one whole folder dedicated to farewell mails that I have received from my friends/colleagues who have left the company), forwarding useful mails to my personal ID and the like - In short I do everything that I am not paid for. Well, I am not complaining!
People have stopped giving me work, I have stopped getting mails from people (except for forwards, which have always been the major chunk ), no one questions me about my long lunch hours or hours spent in the wash room pondering over things (I get the best ideas in the loo!).
I am still not complaining!!
In fact I am enjoying this newly found freedom from work , deadlines, projects, meetings, KRAs and KPIs (For the uninitiated, KPI is Key Performance Indicator while KRA stands for Key Responsibility Area).
However the thought that this blissful state of carefreeness will last only for a few days does make me sad. Not that I don't want to work - it is the stress free state of mind where you don't have to prove anythin to anyone is what I am going to miss. I am going to miss people asking me in hushed tones about my next destination (read organization) followed by a congratulatory/good luck hand shake and a smile which can translate into various things - ranging from 'shit! I missed the bus' to 'I will follow suit soon'. I am also going to miss the adulation and the admiration that your senior colleagues show (for once) for you in order to hold ya back. Sometimes such kind words can be extremely deceptive and can put you into 'I am an indispensable part of this organization' mode which, I 'm afraid, does not last for long - for life goes on!!
Finally, I am going to miss being missed in meetings, parties, official gatherings, chat sessions at the pantry; for people will know that I am gone for good - but life will still go on, and I am not complaining:)
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