Work to live don't live to work

08/25/08 02:06 PM Filed in: Working is too much like work
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Here in California it's now a law that people can't use their cell phones while driving and it's long overdue. A couple of weeks ago at a concert in New York I was amazed at how many people were checking their eMails on their PDA's during a great show. Have we become that much involved in work that we need to be in touch 24/7/365 ? I think that it's way time for a lot of people to put their PDA's away and start to enjoy the beauty of what's around them.

I'll be the first to say that when I was working I would check eMail first thing in the morning when I got up and be eMailing people just before bed. Now that I am a consultant I realize that this is pure insanity no matter how much you love your work.

There are so many little things around us that are beautiful that go overlooked while we are answering eMails and it's time to slow down and be thankful that we can appreciate this beauty and that it's in our world. I am seeing things that I have not seen before: a humming bird in the garden, new flowers coming up and a sunrise and sunset that are spectacular.

It's time for people to stop working so much, even if we really enjoy what we do and slow down to appreciate what we have. Life goes by way to fast and right now a lot of people are gonna miss it because they were on the phone.
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