Avoid traffic jam on way to work. News says two more Canadian soldiers killed in Afghanistan. Forty-four e-mails in my inbox. Make that "To-go." What was the score in the game? Send text message. The chit-chat is boring. Need to catch my boss's eye. Jessica has to get to dance practice by 5. Is there anything in the fridge for dinner?
We are scrambling fast indeed in this electronic age--of global communication, endless distractions, financial pressures, productivity demands and mounting deadlines.
It has become a source of twisted pride in the beginning of the 21st century to complain to anyone who'll listen about how we are so tremendously "busy."
People feel stressed. Exhausted. Anxious. (More)
Source: Vancouver Sun
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