The busy lives we lead

Hi people!

Hope you're all well. As I write this I'm catching up with Heroes at gone midnight anticipating another busy week in the office. I've spent the weekend chatting to friends online, watching the football, cooking, listing a few items on ebay and doing a bit of creative work for a client. Sounds like I've been busy doesn't it? Truth is, I haven't really moved from the sofa. All of which has got me thinking about whether the level of expectation on all of us in the 21st Century is greatly increased because of technology?

It's true communication is so much more instant, and we literally have the world at our fingertips, but it does have it's downsides. Would the stresses of the current economic situation really be so much if we didn't have 24 hour news channels and the power of the internet? Who knows? Maybe, but what was wrong with the good old News At Ten? The other factor is our daily stress is the apparent need to blur the lines between work and play as we strive to "stay connected".  This has got to the point where we can no longer switch off. Now the computer is not at a fixed place in the house, we're on Facebook every day, email all the time, we've all got sore thumbs from constant texting and we're Twittering every few minutes... but why not just take the time to sit down with a coffee and pick up the phone? 

I spoke to a friend this evening who I haven't spoken to do for over 10 years. We'd been chatting on Facebook for a few months, but even so it felt very odd to be talking to her again. Next time it won't, but it did make me realise that I've stopped calling my friends, stopped sitting down on a Sunday with the papers, stopped popping out for a quick pint with a mate. So from now on I'm going to try harder, and make sure I do all of these things more often... you'll probably be able to read about it on Facebook, Twitter and here on the blog :)

Enjoy the week ahead !