Am I Insomniac …?

I think I’m an insomniac. Am I right or just a superstition…I’m dubious about it because I can’t sleep before five a.m. Don’t know if it’s the uncountable cups of caffeinated drinks I consume throughout the day or the fact that I believe nights are my ‘me’ time.

Whatever the reason, I finally go to bed by five and sadly have to be up between 9:30 and 10 in the morning. Although my spouse follows the same sleep pattern, he’s got to leave for work by 10, as it takes him an hour to get to his factories at Gulberg.

While having our space cleaned, I consume two cups of tea, chat with the cleaners and go through the papers. After spending 10 minutes on what to wear …am I in business mood, editor mood or in a bohemian mood? I finally hit the shower…the one thing that actually wakes me up.

I am in the office by 11:45, almost 30 minutes before the rest of the staff arrives. I need this half hour to settle in, but the office boy/cleaner announces his list of ‘things to buy’, Harpic, phenyl, sponges; and we get into an argument about him wasting, because I only bought all this a week ago. There goes my ‘setting on’ time! I love doing what I do. In fact, it was always a dream to bring out my own magazine… but it’s this micro management that get on my nerves!

Staff walks in sharp at 12:15 and I with my creative director and my assistant editor immediately go into our Monday morning meeting. We are a fortnightly, which means lots of planning. The minute we hit the stands, we are already closing the nest issue…which means no time for BS!

During the meeting we work out our next issue. In the rough dummy, we add the happenings and the latest news, minus the crappy stuff (things that looked exciting a week ago, but sad now), discuss and draw the layouts and plan the shoots and interviews we need to line up. The meeting is over and done by 1:30 p.m.

I use my lunch break to go waxing at a salon! Being a working person at times is painful! Thankfully the office location is such that everything is close by; so I am done within 45 minutes.

I am back in the office and by 3:30 I am done checking and responding to emails. My next meeting is with a new photographer called Mario Lanzi.

After four years as the editor of a weekly magazine and another year as a vice president at Xinhuao a digital channel. I took a two year break to get married and then get used to the whole concept of ‘marriage’ and just chilling out. Coming back to print media is exciting because of the new talent out there. I dedicate two days a week to meeting new designers, photographers and models because we really need new blood in this business.

It is just a chew out of my activities of daily routine and if completely write down all my jobs I perform I’m sure you’ll think I am not a person but rather a jinni. I’m sure you might be suspecting on my statements but you may believe it or not I have to go through all of these. Now being a good critic or advisor or good friend, or what else, reviewing my timetable what do you suggest me what should I do? If you are a doctor then prescribe something for but it must be in herbal. Waiting from you….