We live in an age where our every whim and demand can be dealt with at the touch of a button (wirelessly!). I know that, I for one, am guilty of expecting things to happen immediately and having very little patience. I appreciate that some people are more patient than others but the growth over the past 20 yrs or so in communications means that we expect things to happen quicker than ever.
I work in an office environment and I imagine in times gone by, you would have got your post at about 9am and would have known how your day was going to pan out. However, the growth of email and fax means that your day can be spent dealing with "fire fighting" numerous emails and faxes all day which if the writer of any of them was forced to write in a letter as opposed to email, they would think twice before bothering to do so.
Not only is it easy to demand a response or check up on the progress of something we also expect a response even quicker than in the past. I wonder how much easier and less stressful we could make each others lives if we simply took a moment to ask whether we really need to send that email, fax or text checking up on something or someone. What did we do in the past without text,emails and faxes, presumably work still got done, people turned up on time and the world did not stop
As I seem to be on a role with profound statements, I shall carry on...
I never stop being amazed at how some people struggle to accept their lot in life and continue to view their life only when set against someone elses. There will always be people out there who seem to have everything but there will be a lot more who have a lot less.
There is a big difference between wants and needs, if you have enough to feed and home yourself and your family then that should be the main thing. If you have enough to afford the odd holiday and luxury then even better. I would love a new TT bike, trainers, kit etc but ultimately I have enough and a lot more than most people and bottom line is I dont compare myself to others, if I want something then I know that I have to work for it and if there is one lesson that I want to teach my son then it is be happy for what you have got and if you truly need more then go out there and work your butt off for it.
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Hi, totally agree with both your main points. Sometimes I feel that I cannot escape the relentless beeping of email alerts and tweets, the buzzing of text messages and all other 'essential' comms that are forced upon us every hour of the day. Perhaps that's why I run so much? Hadn't really considered that as a reason before...
In today's society it's very difficult to be happy with what you've got. There's constant pressure through the media to always be moving forward - earning more money, better job, bigger house, newer car, and the latest and greatest technology. I think it's at least a step forward to realise it's none of things that truly makes a person happy (most people anyway).
Good post.
Thanks ;)
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