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Are you in a hurry all the time?

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raildogg

Lifer
I am curious about this. I understand people drive fast and are rushed during the weekday because they need to get to work, drop off the kids, get groceries, meet appointments and countless other things. Then they need to get home so they can relax a bit and eat dinner so they can go to work the next day. It's our typical busy lifestyle, especially during weekdays.

On the weekend, I see the same story - people rushing about all the time. I doubt all these people are going to work or meeting appointments. It's like patience is something totally absent in society now. I do not see it much if at all. You can see the expressions on people's faces as they are waiting in line at a store. Or the way they drive - foot to the pedal.

During the holiday season, when people should be a bit more relaxed, it seems like the stress levels might be even higher. Thus, the whole rushing about lifestyle keeps on going on, never relenting even on off days.

I am not different. My patience is also less and I easily get ticked off and lose control. For instance, when I'm trying to get home because I think I spent a lot of time at work, my patience on the roads can wear thin.
 
I'm like that. I have a bad habit of trying to squeeze too much into one day and end up exhausted. As a result I find myself driving fast for no reason and constantly trying to dodge traffic.
 
not really.

my dad is the most impatient person I've ever met.... sitting down for a meal at a restaurant isn't exactly a pleasant, relaxing occasion when he asks for the check as soon as the meal is served.

after growing up with that, I'm pretty much the exact opposite unless I'm either running late for something or it's a particularly unpleasant experience (eg: trying to run through the grocery store to buy 2 items during rush hour and getting stuck behind some lady in the "express lane" with 2 jampacked carts worth of crap)
 
I would not say I am in a hurry all of the time, but I always walk at a very brisk pace. I can't stand slow walkers and it probably always looks like I am rushing around and past people, but it's not because I am in a hurry to get anywhere, it's just how I walk. I think it comes from me always trying to keep up with my Mother as a little kid; she was a fast walker too.

KT
 
A statement on our society. It's frustration and stress. The way our days are structured is effed up and leaves little time for other things. Even if you do have time, you're supposed to cram it with stuff.
 
Nope...not since I retired. I rarely drive more than 5 over the posted limit...and often, just under. (of course, always in the inside lane, just to slow you speed demons down a bit) 😛
 
No. Shit no man.

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Rushing around is for the peasants
 
Generally, no.

Now when I'm shopping with my girlfriend I'm more of a "What are we going for? Go in, get it, get out" where as she loves to wander and look at everything.

I try my best to be a "good boy" though.
 
Normally no, not if I can help it. Being in a hurry all the time is bad for morale, which is bad for productivity, which is bad for free time, etc... That's a bad loop to get into.
 
Eh, it feels like it most days. I blame myself, however. I'm constantly take on tons of responsibilities inside and outside of the office. Couple that with a constant need to outdo everyone, and I'm running around like a chicken with its head cut off 😛

As long as I don't see diminishing returns in my work and home life, I have no issues with my current pace.
 
I used to be like that but I'm getting better at trying to just relax and go with the flow. Alot of times there's really nothing you can do about it, and you get all worked up over it. It's a bad precedent to set for your kids, so I try not to feel rushed or rush through things. So far, I think it's helped with my overall stress level, so I'll continue to take things a little easier.
 
In all seriousness, I notice this yes. I'm relatively patient though. There are things that I get impatient about though. Like someone totally incompetent running a cash register checking out a line of people. It's not that hard but some of these idiots really make it look like it is. Then there is the idiots who need to do the most complicated transaction possible. I need to buy these three things with food stamps and these other things with a check but then can I buy everything else with a credit card except for $10 which I'll pay cash for?

I'm really glad I don't have to go into a bank to deposit checks anymore. They should have had a "Deposit Only" line where you just deposit a check and leave. Nope..we gotta check balances and make smalltalk and do some other who knows what type of transaction that takes 10 minutes.
 
Higher and higher productivity is required to meet ever rising stock holder expectations, so the rush rush mentality is drilled into us more or less on a daily basis.
 
Forcing yourself to be relaxed isn't being relaxed. If your truly relaxed, you would not say "I'm relaxed."

As mentioned above, this society we live in calls for this type of lifestyle. They push you to be "successful" and yet enjoy life despite all the running around. It's kind of hypocritical. They encourage cut throat competition yet say love your neighbor.

I think we're all chasing our little dreams and aspirations all the time, such as money and other status oriented goals. In the course of reaching those goals, it appears that we humans must suffer a great deal. Yet we're constantly looking to avoid that suffering. However, the more we avoid it the more we experience it. So maybe it's time to accept that in order to have the pleasures of life, we must live with great suffering as well. Nothing is free.
 
I move quickly. both on foot, and in a vehicle, but I'm not especially in a hurry. I prefer to move faster than slower.
 
I might not be in a hurry, but I'm exceptionally impatient at almost all times. It doesn't matter if I'm not late for something, it doesn't matter if I have nothing else to do or nowhere else to go, I hate waiting. Hate traffic jams, hate lines, hate being on hold, etc etc etc.
 
It's not just that we are in a hurry all the time, it's that we demand everyone else to be in a hurry too.

Didn't receive that Amazon order the following day? Damn I'm outraged and taking my business elsewhere! Local business didn't get back within 20 minutes of leaving a message? Fuck them!
 
GagHalfrunt said:
I might not be in a hurry, but I'm exceptionally impatient at almost all times. It doesn't matter if I'm not late for something, it doesn't matter if I have nothing else to do or nowhere else to go, I hate waiting. Hate traffic jams, hate lines, hate being on hold, etc etc etc.
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This.

I consciously make an effort to be calm and patient, and sometimes I can.

It's really a combination of impatience and this:

Fritzo said:
I'm like that. I have a bad habit of trying to squeeze too much into one day and end up exhausted. As a result I find myself driving fast for no reason and constantly trying to dodge traffic.
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Especially because I tend to be bad at planning/organizing my day, and have a terrible sense of how time passes, so I might actually end up rushing to get to a store before it closes, or trying to minimize how much time I'm wasting doing something now because I realize it's going to butt into something I have planned for later. Sometimes I have illogical motivations, like trying to make sure I get to a buddy's by 7 so my last-minute shopping trip and traffic ends up pissing me off when I can tell it will make me "late" to hangout. Once I get aggravated, it's all downhill from there.

But quite often lately, I've been good at being quite calm, and not having a desire to rush at all. Rushing = stress, even if the desire to rush is borne of illogical motivations, the stress is real. The less stress I have and more peaceful I am, the better I can control my leadfoot and simply feel happier.
 
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