a lot of problems the 
world is seeing are due to the feeling of lack of time.  people who can 
relax and are satisfied with doing 10 things in a day are accused of 
being lazy and stupid/unsuccessful and people who run around and 
accomplish 25 things in a day are considered ideal role models and 
successful people.  
why are these people doing 25 things? 
because they are constantly dissatisfied, and want to achieve more, show
 to others that they have done so much, crave appreciation and 
limelight, want to record that they have done 100's of great things in 
their life and influenced history more than any other person, before 
they died.  basically anxious about their own self worth and their worth
 in the eyes of others, not just from present time, but from historical 
perspective.  these people would be craving to live not just 100 years, 
but 1000's of years and still not be satisfied.  
and how are 
these people destroying the world? - one simple example to start with.  
the rate at which things degrade in our nature is slow.  bio-waste will 
decay and mix up with earth in about 1 month to 3 month time.  other 
things like wood etc will take more time.  but, these people, who want 
to live 3 lifetimes within their 1 lifetime, consume 10 times the 
products that they are supposed to consume in that time.  thus they try 
to do more in the limited time, and the nature cannot do that.  the 
nature is not supposed to speed up its processes that way.  (if nature 
did that, these people would be dead within 1/3rd of their life span as 
well).  
thus, there is a technological race, to do more, achieve
 more, and its never ending.  technology will never catch up with this 
human greed pace, because, its greed which is driving this race for 
technology.  
these people should be made aware and relaxation 
and going at the pace of nature should be encouraged.  but our school 
and educational systems and later the corporate world are doing the 
exact opposite.  they try to light up a fire on the backside of everyone
 and make everyone run faster in the rat race.  the media and especially
 advertisements propagate it to no end.  (of course, the slow TV is a 
different phenomena and is probably indicating a change in this fast, 
faster and fastest mentality).  
imagine, as far back as you 
can.  if you are 25, maybe you can think about 10 or 15 years back...  
how were those days? how were things around you?  how was nature?  how 
many people were around those days? and most IMPORTANT...  what was the 
PACE of life in those days and the pace of life now?  
between 
the sun rise and sun set, how many things are you trying to accomplish 
now?  and where all does it end?  will any of it matter after a 1000 
years?  or after 10,000 years?  this earth is more than 4.5 billion 
years old.  that is 4500 million years...  or 10,000 years happening for
 45,000 times!!!  (its mind boggling to be short, and i am not a math 
expert). 
so, is it worth all the stress you are now taking and 
sacrificing all the leisure that you are planning to take up after 
retirement?  maybe its time for anti-anxietyism to come up.  what would be a term for it - relaxism or
 peacefulism?  try to think up a term for it.  come on, you can take that thought break.
remember that, 
feminism took a long time to bring down masculinity and a more equal 
world...  so, it will be a long struggle for relaxism people, to make 
the world less competitive and have equal say in the way world is run 
from relaxed perspective.  but do spread this word for world peace ;)
 
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