People in today’s world have a constant overload of information that they must sort through, prioritize, and then decide which to do first and so on. This is the way of the world and for the moment and the foreseeable future it is not going to change.
It does however make you start to wonder what would happen to people if they didn’t have all that information to look at. Most people have been doing it for so long that they would go insane from not doing it.
Today, all I did was ride around with my grandfather and talk about the past and the timeline of my family history with him. That was it, and it felt so good just to do almost nothing and not worry with the million things that I had due tonight. But as time has shown I had to resort to juggling a million things and creating much more stress in my life.
This concept is not thought of by many because we are taught from an early childhood that if you aren’t doing something productive then you shouldn’t do it at all. I believe that every needs to unwind and relax because if you don’t, then you will end up actually insane then just having a case of temporary insanity.
So here is my challenge for you, stop everything at least once a month or even once a week, just go drive and don’t answer your phone or even look at it. Leave it at home and just go anywhere from a park, lake, or somewhere where there are no people and just be you.
The amount of information everyone is reading and hearing everyday is ridiculous. I find it incredibly hard to relax whenever I feel like it due to the fact that I always have something to do or feel like I should be doing. Even after I take naps, I time where you would think I would be feeling rejuvenated and ready to take on the world, I am instantly struck with a feeling of guilt. This feeling comes from the idea that could have gotten so much of my priorities done in the two hours that the nape took place. It just goes to show that most people are being overworked and becoming stressed with the onslaught of information.
ReplyDeleteThat is a great piece of advice that I just received last week from another person just in different words. He was talking to me and I was telling him my schedule and he said, "make sure to schedule an appointment with yourself." and I was pretty impressed at how insightful this actually is. I am one of those people who gets overwhelmed with too much downtime so in my efforts to stay busy I think I overbooked myself. With that being said I'd like to take you up on your challenge.
ReplyDeleteThis is completely true. For example, when I am in my room studying I am completely incapable of finishing any assignment just because of all the distractions. I have to turn the internet off or go to the library to remove myself from all of the distractions.
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