TIME for a change

Waking up to sunrise seems to make the day perfect. After spending a week in Mexico, and not waking up to an alarm clock, or having to hurry to get somewhere, I realized that American Society puts way too much of an emphasis on time.

The organization of today’s society is counted down to the last minute: never be late, always be on time, do this and that, have to be here at noon, I’m in a rush/hurry. These are things all of us here on a daily basis, if not do ourselves. This lifestyle is high stressed yet very productive. But is it all really necessary?

I understand that the demands of today are high, and that time here really is money, but if we just sit back and think about the more important things in life: happiness, relationships, experiences: does time really need to be planned out for these things?

Can’t happiness come from watching a child laugh? that takes approximately 2 seconds, yet we can’t even stop to listen. Can’t we build relationships with people by asking how they are, or smiling at them? yet most of us can’t even find time to smile. My experience in Mexico had a huge impact on my life, it made me forget about all the little things in life that make me think negative, and put my priorities in order. In Mexico when I was signing with deaf children, and hearing of struggles that they’ve had, it made me realize that we Americans take way too many things for granted and put way too much emphasis on something that we have no control over. If we can’t control time, why bother basing everything around it? I think American Society needs to sit back and relax, and take the time that is so precious to them: and do something more with it than just count it down until the next task that needs to be done. One-way to improve this: American siestas.