Are We Too Busy to Enjoy Life? Yes!

We are not really wired for the rapid pace we are living. Our brains can transfer information very rapidly, but most of us need time to process experience, just the way good bread dough needs time to rise. This is an era of over-booked schedules, maximum stimulation, fast food and sound bites.

When we became able to measure time exactly, work schedules became precise. Our anchor in time shifted from the seasons, the moon, and tides to precision instruments with digital accuracy. Computers turbocharged this into a consuming reality. Work communication became so rapid that there is too little time for thinking. Instant information transfer began to substitute for complex communication with others and with ourselves. However, personal confidences cannot be reduced to rapid information bits without losing something essential. Simply put, life became so fast, so busy, and so pressured that, for many, it became stressful depriving us of pleasure. Stress is becoming an assumption of modern life and can lead to anxiety and depression. Does it have to remain that way? Our answer CAN be “No”.