I know at least two people who need this

[tealin]

SIGNS YOU NEED TO SLOW DOWN

- You no longer remember anyone's phone number because they're all programmed into your cell phone
- You IM people sitting within 20 feet of you
- You make itineraries for your vacations
- The idea of a week without internet access fills you with terror
- You're bored at home if the television isn't on
- You absolutely must watch the news every day to make sure the world isn't ending
- You regularly watch sitcom reruns you have seen countless times before [this is, of course, assuming you're not too busy to do anything as leisurely as watch TV, or irresponsible enough to watch sitcoms instead of 24/7 cycling news and/or talking heads]
- You're unable to sit still and think in silence
- Your conversation regularly revolves around the lives of others rather than your own [I'm not sure what this is supposed to imply...]
- You buy shoes to match your iPod.

Americans work more and vacation less than any other country - even Japan, which has a word, kashori, that roughly translates to "death from overwork."

[From Utne magazine, Jan/Feb 2005, except for what's in brackets, which is my editorial comment.]

It's a shame this article has several irrelevant political editorial comments that would make one person who could really use it (yes, I am looking at YOU, you know who you are*) discount the validity of the entire thing.

*(well, maybe**)
**(OK, chances are, probably not, but it's nice to hope. You'll be recieving it in the mail as soon as I can find and operate the photocopiers at the library.)

Comments

[ubiquitouspitt.livejournal.com]

Are you... contemplating sending it yourself, luv?

*worried look*

[twirlynoodle.livejournal.com]

Hah, no - I spend far too much time sitting still and thinking in silence, I ought to find a list for "Signs you need to speed up." Life is: work (which is the same thing as play, for me) and coming home to stare at the wall or procrastinate on performing menial tasks.

And I don't even HAVE an iPod! So there! Nor do I enjoy buying shoes!

Really the only thing on this list that applies to me is the internet one -- and it's not so much terror as a mild dread of being separated from 90% of my friends. But if it was just a week...

[ubiquitouspitt.livejournal.com]

Yes, I suppose I imagined that if you worked all the time, you'd need to slow down. But if you consider work to be play...

I do wish I were in possession of a more tenacious grip upon that positive notion.