Calendar Girl Blog: Speed Kills
This is one of my common reactions following a break in my routine. (Gawd, just writing that sentence makes me want to run screaming down the street...my routine... yikes... how old am I again??)
Anyway, Nova Scotia was a working, learning, holiday, social, change of scenery, change of faces, change of pace kind of experience. Typically I don't live at the speed of light, nor do I pack every second of my life with plans. I like to keep space in each day for the unexpected because much unexpected seems to knock on my door.
I want to be present in THIS moment as a human being. Not just for those that come knocking, but for myself. The more I pack into my day, the faster I have to travel and the faster I have to travel the less reflection time I have. With less reflection, the more likely I am to react to my surroundings and myself in a mindless way. Mindlessness leads to stress and stress to poor health. Prior learning goes right out the window. Wisdom is lost. And I'm left regaining something I didn't need to loose in the first place.
Map that out on a spreadsheet and see just how economically bankrupt it appears.
Our world is geared to speed and only speed. The faster, the better. Or so you could easily be lead to believe. We are humans racing to some mysterious finish line. Mostly, in the name of power and ego.
But here's the rub. The finish line is the same for every person on earth. Rich, poor, powerful, ignorant, kind, mindful, loved or hated...the race ends in death.
In short, speed kills. It kills our planet, our air, our water, our relationships, our sense of self, our ability to know our own depth, our spirituality, our imagination, our health.
Here's a healthy idea. Use your calendar to create space in your life. Mark out an entire day per week where you are not running around, spending money, burning fossil fuels, shoulda, coulda, wouldaing yourself into a tizzy.
If your response to this idea is defensive and negative, please look again. Yes, you can stop. Yes, you are allowed to rest. This is your life. And, to shed a bit of light on your version of denial, your mindless habits affect everyone of us one way or the other.
Calendar Girl is cranky with our insane society.
Calendar Girl
Other Links and Blogs of mine. Maybe even of interest to you...or maybe not...
I'm just sayin.
Breast of Canada Calendar
Calendar Girl Blog
The Breast Views Blog
My Menopause Blog
Anyway, Nova Scotia was a working, learning, holiday, social, change of scenery, change of faces, change of pace kind of experience. Typically I don't live at the speed of light, nor do I pack every second of my life with plans. I like to keep space in each day for the unexpected because much unexpected seems to knock on my door.
I want to be present in THIS moment as a human being. Not just for those that come knocking, but for myself. The more I pack into my day, the faster I have to travel and the faster I have to travel the less reflection time I have. With less reflection, the more likely I am to react to my surroundings and myself in a mindless way. Mindlessness leads to stress and stress to poor health. Prior learning goes right out the window. Wisdom is lost. And I'm left regaining something I didn't need to loose in the first place.
Map that out on a spreadsheet and see just how economically bankrupt it appears.
Our world is geared to speed and only speed. The faster, the better. Or so you could easily be lead to believe. We are humans racing to some mysterious finish line. Mostly, in the name of power and ego.
But here's the rub. The finish line is the same for every person on earth. Rich, poor, powerful, ignorant, kind, mindful, loved or hated...the race ends in death.
In short, speed kills. It kills our planet, our air, our water, our relationships, our sense of self, our ability to know our own depth, our spirituality, our imagination, our health.
Here's a healthy idea. Use your calendar to create space in your life. Mark out an entire day per week where you are not running around, spending money, burning fossil fuels, shoulda, coulda, wouldaing yourself into a tizzy.
If your response to this idea is defensive and negative, please look again. Yes, you can stop. Yes, you are allowed to rest. This is your life. And, to shed a bit of light on your version of denial, your mindless habits affect everyone of us one way or the other.
Calendar Girl is cranky with our insane society.
Calendar Girl
Other Links and Blogs of mine. Maybe even of interest to you...or maybe not...
I'm just sayin.
Breast of Canada Calendar
Calendar Girl Blog
The Breast Views Blog
My Menopause Blog
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