Daily travel to office..

Its a long time, I recorded my travels in blogs.. I just felt like writing something tonight.. First thing that came to my mind is the hectic travel that I take everyday..  Yes I am talking about the travel to my office in Bangalore city roads daily..

I stay in Jalahalli Cross(off Tumkur road).. Its hardly 15kms to my office from my apartments.. But whatever time I start from my home, it will take minimum 30 mins to reach this distance.. If I reach in 30 mins, I will be more happy that day, because its hard to find the road free in my route these days.. The three places I would be held up are BEL circle signal, Hebbal signal(these two are bit ok) and the most hectic Veeranapalya signal (due to flyover construction).. Each signal will have a count of 150 secs.. Sometimes I used to reach Veeranapalya signal in 20 mins from my home, but It will take more than 30 mins to reach my office parking lot from there.. The best part here is, its just 2kms to my office parking lot from Veeranpalya signal..

I am basically from a medieval town Erode in Tamilnadu.. And my home is well within the town limits.. So I have never faced such a problem of traffic in home town during my living there.. Even today when I go there, I will only be occasionally held up in some traffic(that too, not more than 60 seconds in a signal).. And I can reach any major places well within 10-15 mins time..

Coming from such a place where things are easy,  to such a place where things are complex, makes me think of few questions many a times.. "Why have I studied hard in schools/colleges to make my life complex"? "Why should I struggle so much for my daily activities, as there are more good things we can struggle for"?.. If I think a bit deep, I am spending almost 1-1.5 hours daily in traffic.. And I am going to do the same for the rest of my life(may be even worse).. So, I am spending about 6% of my life time in traffic/travel.. What the hell am I doing??

Hmm.. Whatever hard feelings I have.. End of the day, I console myself saying "I need to earn for my living.."