Everyone in Cape Town is stressed out!
It's like you can feel it when you look at the old man in the sports car standing next to you at the robot trying to clinch some sort of deal over his BlackBerry so he won't have to downgrade and possibly drive a Cherry QQ.
It's like you can see it at Pick n Pay when a mother walks past with a carefully selected trolly of items, each checked for the lowest price in its category. Her eyes hav bags under them and she need a new hand bag.
So after you read this you think, as I thought that it must be about money. Yes money is a huge part of the stress but another factor is time. We have so much more things we have to do in the same amount of time.
We have to work twice as hard to go on holiday half as many times, and with half as many friends as last year. Our jobs have been merged, you are now doing things that are not included in your profession because we all just figure we have to do what it takes. Outside the work place parents have to protect their children from more and provide them with more. And in one in every two households a single mother under the age of 22 has to wonder how she will manage to take care of the future of her child and her own.
So faster pace, more work and less money- anyone feel a crash coming? No never, we don't crash, we just keep doing what we need to do, the race is far from over and the stress is only beginning.
Another assignment, sure. Petrol price hike, why not? We take all of these things in our stride instead of trying to change them. Then we wonder why we are so stressed- it is because there is a thin line between greed and happiness and we are walking on it.
Why not live with less this year? Why not stay at home over the holiday time with your family? And why on earth do you need a new car or a touch screen blackberry? Sure your children can eat bread everyday....they are kids.
So why are we all so stressed...because we allow these things to consume our lives, to dictate who we are. Each person needs to look in the mirror and say "I am more than this" and consider the things you stress about very carefully- is every single one of them worth it?
Stressing can really be useless at times. I don't want to eat bread all year though so i think i'll stress just a little bit!
ReplyDeleteAgreed - we are all stressed out because we let circumstancers dictate our pace. Sometimes were are our worst culprits - taking on more than we can chew.
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