There I was standing in Starbucks yesterday, waiting for my iced coffee, with my phone and ear piece in my ear talking to my mom. I felt kind of weird standing there talking into the ear piece, mainly because I only use it while driving and I am just not that comfortable with the "blue tooth" type stuff. Then I looked over and saw someone else with an ear piece in, and then another person, and another person, etc. At that moment it occurred to me that how many of us live life is just crazy. I mean, we are connected to "the world" on a 24/7 basis. We cannot escape anyone at anytime, because they can either call us, text us, email us, page us, etc. And it is no longer good enough for us to just have a house phone, we cannot LIVE without a cell phone. And now we have to have a device that allows us to talk "hands free" so that we can continue the other activities we are doing WHILE we are talking on the phone. Does this sound crazy to anyone else? I mean, we are multi-tasking to the max! No longer do we just drive somewhere. We get in the car, and we think "Perfect, I have the kids strapped into car seats, and no husband/wife to chat with, so I have the TIME to call my mom/friend/etc. It is amazing to me that we have filled up our days and nights with so many activities and responsibilities that we cannot even take the time to "relax" while driving to our next busy activity. While at this Starbucks yesterday (and yes, I was there to fuel up since I had MORE activities and responsibilities to get to) I started mourning the days where we had a more simple life. I think we get into this "rat race" mentality, and our need for more and more drives us to work more and fill our time up with "stuff". If I get to squeeze in painting my toes at night, I am super excited. How sad. Now, I realize a lot of this craziness (for me anyway) is due to the fact that I have two little ones, and a very full time job and a hubby to care for. But even with all of that, I think I can find a way to clean out the "fluff" and tone down the multi-tasking, so that we can have moments of simplicity, peace, clarity in our lives.
This morning, I was so tired I could barely get out of bed. As the days "to-dos" ran through my mind, and as I thought about our plans for this evening, I felt my anxiety level go up. I think the calendar needs some revamping and perhaps more of doing nothing needs to be scheduled in.
The simple life is what I am dreaming of today....how about you?
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