[OT] How busy is life?

[RangerWickett]

Maybe it's just me, but I feel . . . rushed. Moreso than usual. I'm wondering if most people feel this way, or if I'm just imagining it. With all the news going on from WotC, my schoolwork conflicting with my gaming and game-writing, my personal computer's internet access breaking (thus forcing me to use my roommate's computer), and my friends all seeming to develop problems at this very same week, I'm wondering if . . . forgive me as I wax philosophical, but is this a sign of something? Is everyone stretched like I feel, or is it just me?

Sorry, I just wanted to express my worries and concerns, and maybe find someone who can tell me that it'll be okay to take a chill pill, because life will be easier next week, after I finish my homework. *sigh*

So, how busy is your life? Is it the end of the world coming on, or just Spring, full of energy.

 

[Nightfall]

I feel like I'm watching the world through a defragmenting computer's eye...

In other words...SLOWW!!!

But still busy when I have to be.

*sighs* *hates not gaming...*

 

[Eosin the Red]

I used to feel that way.

I am a nurse and used to work in a large ER. We had an old fella of 102 years come in, of course he was dying. Large tumor had caused an abdominal bleed and he could not survive surgery to fix it. We stuck him in a room and checked up on him now and then until we could get a room on the floor for him.

I peeked in on him once. He seemed lonely so I sat down for a minute. He asked if I was busy (I think I was sweating). I replied of course, RN in an ED. What else could I be. I basically explained that I was always busy, just idle chitchat. Then I asked if it ever slowed down?

He kinda laughed but said:

"If the first 20 years take up this much time" (see spacing below for his hand gestures).

|_______________________________|

"The next 20 go by this fast"

|__________________|

"The next 20 go by this fast"
|______|

"and the last 40 is all a blur, maybe this fast"

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Not very encouraging. I think about the old guy everyonce in awhile, when life gets hectic. It makes me spend more time with my kids while they are young. I also don't let things get to me, nearly as much as I used to.

I also think about all of the people I have seen die. I don't think one of them expected it. Lots of cliche could follow this. Instead, I will say enjoy life. It is a beautiful thing, even when it is ugly.


PS - I guess I didn't say life will be easier. I give shots in the butt, not sunshine Forgive me if I waxed philosophical.

 

[Emiricol]

I work 10-12 hours per day (great job, but it is absolutely high-pressure hectic all the time); I commute 5-6 hours total per day; I eat dinner with my family; I DM a game via OpenRPG every Sunday; I help keep Living Web going on track; I try to spend quality time with my wife and my two kids while not falling completely out of touch with my other family; and I do a lot of game design and such (under alias of course).

So, is life hectic? From my perspective, more than it has any right to be

 

[eXodus]

ranger wickett:

i agree with you so very much.

things are likewise hectic and fastpaced in my own life. i can relate with you.

i recently took on a new and exciting chef job. much better pay and a more dynamic kitchen but i spend no less then ten hours per day there.

this has caused me to cancel my d&d game for the first time in the four months i have been dming.

also i am trying to still maintain a stellar relationship with my wife of three years, and spend time with my canines.

yep. things are fastpaced theses days.


whining at a close

 

[Lazarus Long]

Well, being laid off sorta puts you on a weird timeline. Days go by super fast but the weeks drag and drag.

I think its the sending resumes and reading the want ads that make the days fast, but waiting for responses that slow the week.

 

[Gish Makai]

I think its the sending resumes and reading the want ads that make the days fast, but waiting for responses that slow the week.

More like they give you the headaches that cause you to lay down and before you now it its 4-5 hours later.

 

[Gospog]

Ranger W,

Things will get better, they always do.

And then they'll get worse. And then they'll get better again. Repeat.

It's just how life goes.

But don't despair, if things are stressed enough right now for you to consciously notice, then you are probably due for some relief soon.

Hang in there.

Tom

 

[RangerWickett]

I'm not despairing. I'm just wondering if it was just something societal that's causing people to be having a lot more to do than usual. Regardless, I did just get up, and I'm having to force myself to write an English paper. Note that instead I'm on the boards. Perhaps that's part of the problem.

But overall, I'm still happy. I just wish I had more time to relax. Here's hoping we all get it.

 

[Sia-Lan Wezz]

I have somehow made my life hectic... I think it might be a defense mechanism to avoid dealing with some emotional issues. I run a Star Wars d20 game on Mondays... one night a week I try to go play X-Box with a friend. I play a 3E game on Thursdays (On that day, I leave the house at 7:00 a.m. and get home at 11:00 p.m.

When the weekend comes, I usually just try and watch cartoons and relax, but there are always things going on.

The difference is I chose to do most of these things, so even though I occasionally say to myself - should I cut back? I like it to an extent.

I think my wife misses me though... but that's a whole other repressed issue I'm avoiding at the moment.

[edit: I forgot to log out after my iconics post - BillyBeanbag]