Wednesday, June 13, 2007

Pacing, continued

I was thinking about the pace of life, how we're usually rushed, obsessed with mutli-tasking, and never able to really stop and take in what's going on around us. Rather than try to get better at doing all the things that fill our schedule, why don't we simply remove activities?

Camping is a great example of this. There are only so many things to do when you're in the woods (assuming you don't have to hunt for food and shelter is already available). All the time not spent cooking or traveling to new camp sites is spent enjoying the company of others, and the local environment.

If we were to remove half of the tasks that inevitably fill our days, I wonder how much more relaxed we'd all be. As I was once reminded, K.I.S.S. (keep it simple stupid).

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