Are we living life just too fast? Recent survey indicate that people are in hurry by walking too fast to next destination. We can't seem to stop to smell the roses.

http://ca.news.yahoo.com/s/reuters/070502/odds/odd_pedestrians_speed_study_odd_dc

Brisk walking never hurt anybody. I eat two Krispy Kremes a (original glazed or creme stuffed chocolate topped), am not your posterboy for the USDA food pyramid, but I maintain my weight (slightly overweight) and sometimes loose weight. I attribute that to always being brisk on my feet. Besides, my work is constantly being on my feet.

As for stopping to smell the roses, what would you expect in an age of maximum corporate returns for shareholders and maximum efficiency by workers. Life has to be fast paced because cars, mortgages, health insurance and education are expensive, and if you do not perform to the highest level, someone else will. Dog eat dog, baby.

Just made me think of a new business venture and slogan Mobile Rose Aromatherapy - "We bring the roses to you so you don't have to stop and smell them".
Right up there with personal chefs, dog walkers, dog pooper scooper services, and other responsiblilities of daily life that people used to just doo (no pun intended).

Whats that? If it is what I think it is then, no thats just plain silly, even the writers of Monty Python wouldn't of thought of that as a topic for one of their comedy sketches.

As for the fast walking, I guess it a bit like rats in a maze. The more rats in the maze the faster they scurry along.

have you guys seen anyone use a personal shopper? Canada has a cottage industry of personal shopper who would buy clothes or grocery shopping for you while you are working. when you get home, the personal shopper will bring you the stuff.

They exist all over. I wouldn't use one- I'm that rare guy who actually likes shopping. It's actually calling, but when I shop it is either for groceries (creative), clothes (ordered online most of the time), books or goodies.

I would prefer that things slowed down a bit. I could do with less hyper speed and multi-tasking.

our shopping has become a family outing. We will leave on a Sat after my 1 year old gets up from his morning nap and eat lunch out somewhere then go to Sams club then Kroger then anywhere else we need to go and depending on if he wants another nap by then we go home or if he wants to stay up we may go to a park or out to dinner. So we don't go out to shop during the week and take time away from anything else.

I dunno, I think we got it pretty easy compared to how things used to be. Farm living ain't exactly sedentary, unless you think working 12 hours a day 7 days a week doing a lot of dirty, sweaty, back and joint grinding work is a light load, then doing a couple hours of financial work at night after supper, or else tearing into the tractor to fix whatever broke so it'll be ready to go tomorrow, or helping Betsy throw her calf at 2:00 am. At least that's what my uncle tells me life used to be like before he moved to the city and got a job, and retired from farming.

Around my office we call them interns

I grew up like that. Grandfather was a full time farmer, my father was the first generation to graduate high school and hold down a full time job and still work the farm so he was always busy. I helped out with a lot of farm work, delivered a calf before I had graduated high school. So when my wife was pregnant i told her I knew how to deliver, just tie the baler twine around whatever is sticking out and pull