TAKING THE POWER BA W
Author Corey Poirier
hen I was growing up in a small town, in a small part of Canada, we actually thought we were busy. From a family perspective, between grocery shopping, working, traveling locally, regular shopping, and visiting with friends, we felt there was really no time left in the day. I say we ‘thought’ we were busy, because we had no idea what busy was. Today, between spending time on social media for business and personal use, checking our phones, making time for exercise, yoga or meditating, reading books (if that’s your thing) and listening to podcasts, watching YouTube videos, Netflix (or your chosen platform), in our case raising two kids and driving them to daycare, keeping them busy in the evening, supper, grocery shopping and in my case, working at the office 5 days a week, picking up stuff needed for filming, always seeming to need something new for video storage, and everything else; I feel like we now know what busy truly is. I may be wrong though – perhaps it will somehow be twice as busy in ten years’ time. Is that even possible? The bigger question is, is this healthy? I’m certain if my Grandfather was told how busy it would be in 2021 when he was a teenager in the 1940’s, he would have shaken his head and likely said aloud, “that is insane, how can they live like that?” The interesting part though is, for my
“It truly doesn’t matter if you’re male or female, we are all busier than ever right now”
generation, it, this busyness, has built up over enough time that it simply feels like everyday life now. It truly doesn’t matter whether you’re a male or female, we are all busier than ever right now. When I ask people how things are going, the most common answer now is … busy. At one time the answer was good, bad, okay, etc. but now it’s typically … busy. So we are all busier, but are we getting more done? Maybe, but it seems more like we’re often busy simply to be busy.
