Just realised that in the last few months I have been on a downgrade spree....here I am not talking about software downgrade.....but realised that this terminology does seem to apply in various walks of life....
I started with downgrading myself from a manager of 20 people and choose to manage just 1 person - my daughter...This i realised was the toughest job i had....which i continued to do...but as it was too challenging, i deceided to manage people outside the house also, and now i manage myself and a couple of more people.
Due to a conscious choice 1, I downgraded myself from working a minimum 12 hrs a day previously to the current maximum of about 7 hrs outside the house....and rest i try and find meaningful activities to do....i think that "meaningful activities" is such a relative term...activites do seem meaningful one day...but not consistently meaningful the next day and of course my meaningful activities do not seem meaningful to others...;-)
I downgraded from travelling 14 Km to office to about 5km.....and choose a green heaven to work at instead of a concrete IT jungle (park)....
Of course with the above downgrades came the financial downgrade...this is of course the sad part ;-( but..let's move on....
Now about my planned meaningful downgrades....i am thinking about downgrading from a Maruthi Zen to a Atlas - cycle.....i have been awestuck by a blue - Flora Atlas ladies cycle seen in a bicycle shop....cycles are so much fun - as they give you gresh air to breathe and space in the road to drive...and how many ppl have the luxury of cycling to office? of course, that would also make me a person with social responsibility....by leaving lesser carbon footprints on this earth.....;-) wow!
so, end of the day....is downgrade really a negative thing as it's perceived? In software....many times the programs and the features you really...really need does seem to work with the previous version better...so guess downgrade is fine, as long as it works with you....in conclusion I think, downgrade is a personal thing.....
will write soon about my upgrades next...;-)
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