Month: May 2013

Today our society moves at thousand miles an hour. Information is produced and consumed almost instantaneously. Anything we need to know can be found on a device that is probably within arms reach. Search engines are developing new ways to provide us with the knowledge we seek even faster. Or take every fast-food place on the planet. These establishment refine their procedures to create faster results, so you can spend less time waiting. Or the express lanes at the local grocery stores. Computer registers that allow us to get in and get out without having to be bothered by the lines that may have only a few people in them. 

But have these “convenience” caused us to lose the ability to slow down? Or to take it further to understand that the process does not happen overnight. I know that we want instant results. That is why the health industry sells billions. Because we want instant wonder pills to give us what we want. No longer do we work for the things we want. If we can’t buy it now or have a procedure done, it is not worth our time. The time that we invest in the things we want has been lost. And its not even the time we invest but the time we spend relaxing. Gone are the days of old. Gone are the afternoons spent sitting on the porch enjoying a conversation. Gone are the leisurely walks in the park. And long gone are the days of silence. 

We need to slow down and just enjoy life at this moment. Enjoy the company of those we call friends. Watch our children play before their to old or to cool to spend time playing with you. Put down what you’re doing and go out. Take the world in as it should be, in the quite of the day. 

Go relax!

-Matt Eveland

 

There are 24 hours in a day. 8 of those are consumed by work. another 8 are taken by sleep. And well the other 8 seem to disappear. When you bring it down in to this basic level, it is difficult to understand why you don’t have time for whatever. Yes, life is busy at times. And often outside factors tend to control most of our time. But what I am wondering is this, even if you allowed for you time, would you still feel overwhelmed? Would there be something else forcing you to attend to it? Would that deadline still require you to work later than you normally would? 

I don’t claim to have all the answers. Shoot, I don’t claim even to know what I’m talking about. But what I do do is this, I think. I think about how things could be if given the right circumstances. I think about what would happen if everyone would care just a little bit. And I wonder what I could do if I valued my time better.

Minutes tick by as I talk about committing. The day turns to night and what I wanted to accomplish is still sitting in draft form. The days turn to weeks and my resume is still blank. Weeks eventually turn to months and I still find that I’m seeking to change things. Months past and form years of me wishing how things could have been. And you know what, there will become a day where I look back and wonder what would have been if I had just found the time.

What problems could I have fixed if I took the few minutes to think about the solution? How much happier would those around me be if I took the time to relax and spend it enjoying their company? I think it’s time to refocus my efforts on what matters. And find time to enjoy the things and those around me.