I am currently in my writing class, listening to a lecture on how to use the library (which I have heard countless times), chatting with my friend who is currently in Scotland, on Facebook, was able to just answer a question from the Librarian and writing this blog. If I could get away with it, I would also be listening to music. All at the same time.
I've always been good at multitasking, but in college, it's ridiculous. You almost have to be able to multitask. It's gotten to the point where a lot of people, I know for at least myself, that it's hard to do almost anything without doing something else. I can't figure out whether this is from our "A.D.D." mentality most people my age have, or whether it's because of our fast-paced lifestyle here in the US. My guess is that it's partly both.
"Simplicity, simplicity, simplicity! I say, let your affairs be as two or three, and not a hundred or a thousand; instead of a million count half a dozen, and keep your accounts on your thumb nail."
~Henry D. Thoreau
I agree completely with this statement, and think that it would be very beneficial. Yet I can't seem to let myself live that way. I've gotten sucked in and stuck in this world of "MORE MORE MORE!"
"But I am afraid that, as the serpent deceived Eve by his craftiness, your minds will be led astray from the simplicity and purity of devotion to Christ." ~ 2 Corinthians 11:3
Now the question is how I get back to that simplicity. How do I go back to something I've never known? How do I change my entire lifestyle, when everyone around me refuses to live simply?
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Wow, great post. I was lucky to have grown up with plenty of simplicity, mainly because I am the youngest of four kids and my parents were 'simply' too tired to overbook me with activities.
I am so proud of you for recognizing how important it is to 'practice' simplicity, or at least recognize the importance of the awareness anyway.
What a great problem to have - awareness :)
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