Weekend ! It all starts when the Week Ends! 13 th November 2008 Rupa Patil [email_address]

It all starts when the Week Ends!

13 th November 2008

Rupa Patil

[email_address]

Objective How best we can optimize our Weekends? All work & no play, makes Jack a dull boy. & Vice-Versa?

How best we can optimize our Weekends?

Is it worth considering? On an Average, we get: 8 days of weekends per month = 192 hours = 112 hours for Weekend Utilization per month = 14 hours for Weekend Utilization per Day (After deducting 10 hrs of sleep/rest per day) This sums to 35% of total available time per week for utilizing our Weekends

General Weekend-view … Family Activity Social Networking Office related Activity Zzz…

Family Activity

Social Networking

Office related Activity

Zzz…

Weekend Warrior’s view: <Personal> Weekend Warriors: Startup related work Self-Improvement Sports & Recreation <Social> Weekend Warriors: Community services Voluntary services Spread Smile

<Personal> Weekend Warriors:

Startup related work

Self-Improvement

Sports & Recreation

<Social> Weekend Warriors:

Community services

Voluntary services

Spread Smile

… So, … How do you spend your weekends?

How do you spend your weekends?

Good, but not the best! … About ‘General-Weekends’ Family Activity : Absolute ‘Must-Do’! Always Social Networking : Need it, but… Occasionally Office related work : Utilize workweek instead ! Rarely ZZzz … Ahem!!! NOT unless absolutely required

… About ‘General-Weekends’

Family Activity : Absolute ‘Must-Do’!

Always

Social Networking : Need it, but…

Occasionally

Office related work : Utilize workweek instead !

Rarely

ZZzz … Ahem!!!

NOT unless absolutely required

& Then, there are Weekend Warriors…

Startup related work Weekends: Aren’t they best to boost your creativity & unleash that biz idea? Self-Improvement Acquire skills that you always dreamt to master (Certifications, Linguistic, Creative Writing, Puzzles…) Sports & Recreation Go trekking, Biking, Explore your city/state, Workout, Salsa, Guitar, Adventure trip, Theatre… < Personal > Weekend Warriors

Startup related work

Weekends: Aren’t they best to boost your creativity & unleash that biz idea?

Self-Improvement

Acquire skills that you always dreamt to master (Certifications, Linguistic, Creative Writing, Puzzles…)

Sports & Recreation

Go trekking, Biking, Explore your city/state, Workout, Salsa, Guitar, Adventure trip, Theatre…

Some Weekend Warriors are simply “WOW”

< Social > Weekend Warriors Community services ^ 52 children’s & 37 Old age homes, Bangalore Think & Act Green Voluntary services Min. of 423 * NGOs awaits you! (Karnataka) Create Social Awareness Spread Smile Wait a while & SMILE – it’s contagious! ^ As per Karnataka govt website: http:// www.dwcd.kar.nic.in/dwcd_english/general.html and google local listing *423 NGOs: as in year 2000 per www.indiachildrenstat.com

Community services

^ 52 children’s & 37 Old age homes, Bangalore

Think & Act Green

Voluntary services

Min. of 423 * NGOs awaits you! (Karnataka)

Create Social Awareness

Spread Smile

Wait a while & SMILE – it’s contagious!

^ As per Karnataka govt website: http:// www.dwcd.kar.nic.in/dwcd_english/general.html and google local listing

*423 NGOs: as in year 2000 per www.indiachildrenstat.com

Some Green NGOs of Bangalore Courtesy: www.TreesforFree.org

Bangalore’s Green NGOs Eco Watch India: www.ecowatchindia.org Environment Support Group www.EsgIndia.org Green Dream www.greendream.rbitc.org Green Peace www. GreenPeace.org Saahas (solid waste management) www.saahas.org And tons of others …

Eco Watch India: www.ecowatchindia.org

Environment Support Group www.EsgIndia.org

Green Dream www.greendream.rbitc.org

Green Peace www. GreenPeace.org

Saahas (solid waste management) www.saahas.org

And tons of others …

Community Service, Yes, …But How?

‘ Little help’ - helps! Community Development: Extend your skills [Thru’ NGOs like “ iVolunteer ”,“ ConcernIndia ”,“ MayaIndia ”..] Website : Help low-key NGOs with their website Materialistic help : To old age homes, Children’s home, home for disabled etc. [clothes, blankets, meals, stationary, water filters, books, medicines etc…] Support : Provide consultation to the needy (Orphans, street kids, Women-in-need, senior citizens..) Help NGOs in fund-raising programs, camps etc

Community Development: Extend your skills [Thru’ NGOs like “ iVolunteer ”,“ ConcernIndia ”,“ MayaIndia ”..]

Website : Help low-key NGOs with their website

Materialistic help : To old age homes, Children’s home, home for disabled etc. [clothes, blankets, meals, stationary, water filters, books, medicines etc…]

Support : Provide consultation to the needy (Orphans, street kids, Women-in-need, senior citizens..) Help NGOs in fund-raising programs, camps etc

In a Nutshell… General Weekends Family Time .. A Regular affair Offline work, Party, Sleep … Ocassionally Preferably 3 out of 8 days of weekend per month Warrior’s Weekends Startup, Self Improvement, Sports & Recreation Community Services & Voluntary Services Preferably 5 out of 8 days of weekend per month

General Weekends

Family Time .. A Regular affair

Offline work, Party, Sleep … Ocassionally

Preferably 3 out of 8 days of weekend per month

Warrior’s Weekends

Startup, Self Improvement, Sports & Recreation

Community Services & Voluntary Services

Preferably 5 out of 8 days of weekend per month

Fresh look:

… But most importantly … Spend time & Spread love With your loved ones & With those who need love!

Spend time & Spread love

With your loved ones

&

With those who need love!

& for that… “ Save Time to Spend Time” & “ Spread Smile to Spread Love”

“ Save Time to Spend Time”

&

“ Spread Smile to Spread Love”

Thank you, Ladies & Gentlemen! Please shoot your questions to: Rupa Patil [email_address]