The school concert was at 3 pm on a Tuesday. Here is the calendar block I now use, and why I stopped apologising for it
My daughter is seven. Last month her school had its annual day concert at 3 pm on a Tuesday, which, if you are a working parent in India, you will recognise as a time chosen by someone who has never had a 3 pm sprint review. For years, my move in this situation was to sneak out. Leave my status green, keep Slack open on my phone in the auditorium, answer one message during the song my daughter had practised for…
- i'm not even in tech yet and this made me cry a little. medical billing office here and my boss makes us use PTO in 4 hour blocks for school stuff. someday 🦉
- Reading this at 5.30 am before the tiffin boxes. I did the sneaking out for my son's sports day in 2017, one year before my break, and I still remember answering an email while he ran. Thank you Divya. When I am back in an office I am using this exact format.