Not that I’m following my own advice today, but the Huffington Post just published my post, “The Disease of A-Thousand-Things-To-Do,” inspired by Abby Seixas’s book, “Finding the Deep River Within.” But I’m hoping if I continue to try everyday to simplify, one day I might get it right? Click here to read it on the Hufffington Post. It begins:
I have contracted an illness called “the disease of a-thousand-things-to-do.” That’s how author Abby Seixas describes it in her insightful book, “Finding the Deep River Within.” It’s a modern condition whereby human beings are always rushing, trying desperately to cross off every task on their to-do lists, and are bombarded by interruptions and information overload.
Does this sound famililar?
Consider these observations she makes to claim her case of what has become a very unbalanced and frenetic culture:
- The average working couple in America spends 20 minutes a day together.
- “Family time” has become a goal, an achievement, rather than a natural consequence of being a family.
- Most Americans are trapped in a vicious cycle of overwork and overconsumption.
- Dropping in on a neighbor is practically nonexistent.
- Keeping busy and multitasking are praised, while slowing down is frowned upon.
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