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"Bhai, what you gifted to Anni?" I asked to my friend. Today is his 2nd marriage anniversary. Anni is a Tamil word, it means "Bhabhi".

"Nothing bhai.." He replied. "Today is last day of the month, so I am almost bankrrupt."

These things we were talking on 31st August. Within an hour I checked my salary account and I found my August months salary there. Again I turned towards my friend and said, "Bhai, ab to gift banta hai. We got the salary."

He said, "Yes" and started googling for some gold chain stores in Chennai and its price. After 1 hour, finally he selected one jewellery and call to the "Joy Alukka's" showroom for the availability and the price. Its price was approx 25K. He came back to me and said, "Bhai, I was very much happy when I was a bachelor."

I laughed on that and asked him, "Tell me honestly, are you really think like this?"

"No boss. Honest answer is, yes I'm happy now." he replied and he continue speaking "If really some one is not happy after 2 yrs of marriage it means somewhere something is definitely wrong."

Normally in any industry we are giving our work estimation, but here I'll only talk about IT industry.

Just imagine, there is a very big ground and your boss will tell to run into the ground from one end to another end. You don't know that how much you have to run, either 1 km or 2 km or 10 km. You knew only one thing that what is your speed and you can run 1 km in 10 minutes. Your boss will again give some pressure that give your maximum time estimation.

Now you are happy, that you will give very high estimation and you'll finish your work in lesser hours. And rest of the time you will enjoy.. ;)

But my friend, suppose you will give your estimation for 10 km and the exact distance will be 100 km then what you'll do? You will be in a deep shit, you'll have to face the pressure from all the directions. From your boss, from the management, from the client(if you are working for any client), and also from your family because they always wants to spend time with you.

Anyway! Whatever you are doing or wherever you are working, it doesn't matter. But you have to give some time estimation, and 75% times you'll find yourself in a condition like a cat running on a hot tin roof.

I encountered with this question on my Appraisal review meeting. My Boss told to me and my team member to set you own goal for social service and rate yourself on the basis of the goal. I was a bit confused. I had lots of questions about this rating. Like -
1. For doing some thing for our socity, we have to set some resolution?
2. We should do the social service only because to get promotion or good point in our professional?
3. OK! If I am doing some social activity like donating blood to anyone and not keeping any proof for that it means it is worth? In that case I shouldn't donate my blood, which will save anyone's life, if that hospital is not providing any certificate for that?
4. If we are doing any social work to get some good score in my appraisal, then is it not a selfishness?

As per me, I am doing lots of those works which gives me self satisfaction and also fall under social service. But I don't have any proof for that. The main thing is, I am not running for any certificates whatever I am doing. I don't care for this, if it is not helping in my appraisal anymore. At least it is saving one life on some day. It is giving a sweet smile on the face of a little poor girl.

What's your opinion on this?