There is, whether or not you take the time to notice or not, a very distinct pace that the world is following right now, and it appears that as the sun gets hotter and the icebergs melt, society has decided to pick up that pace. It's interesting to see how people are responding to the latest energy crisis, whether cutting back on their buying or giving up their fancy cars, there is a definite shift that's occuring for all of us. I see this as a good thing because it forces people to learn to think out of the box, something most of us would rather not have to do.
However, with this realization that the world is changing, and almost reverting back to a time that was simpler, like riding the bus, riding your bike and getting back to the basics at the grocery store......the pace continues to grow. Why? And what's more important is, do we even take notice of how the pace effects our bodies? Surely I'm not the only one who realizes our bodies were not made to endure that sort of pressure, but of course I understand from experience how pressure can break the body down, whether you're sick or well.
I along with many others have been forced to live a different sort of life, most often one that has no pace. You wake up, not wondering how to prioritize your day, adding or subtracting things that may or may not be on your do to list.......but wondering if you can even get out of the bed that day. You're not worrying about what outfit to wear, but very well considering spending the day not getting dressed at all. Not due to laziness or lack of motivation, but out of neccessity. So before the day has even started, if there is any pace to follow, it's just making sure you can take care of your basic needs and then often enough, someone else has set the pace for you, because you're not able to take care of yourself.
Now this is not being said out of jealousy for those that still have the ability to run their lives by a pace that's self imposed, but only taking note that one does have a choice in how busy they want their life to be. This is in fact the perfect time to stop and be aware of how the hours in a day are spent, and how it's effecting your body. If you looked at your list, could you in fact check something off that no longer serves a purpose for you? Could you possibly see that only so many things can happen within a certain number of hours, and if your list can't be satisfied for that day, there are only two ways to handle it. Move leftover to do's to the next day, or just decide that you can check it off altogether.
You're probably saying to yourself.....nope sorry...can't do either, therefore continue to live in chaos and ignoring the ill effects of too much busyness. In that case, it might be quite possible that you are in fact addicted to chaos, and this could be self imposed, or just stopping for a moment to realize that you have in fact been abducted by the pace monster. Either way, it's not that you slipped into the pace, as much is how you'll get yourself out.
