Is it just me, or are people just trying to do WAY too much every day??

If so I think I am an underachiever, I don't like to crammed with things to do all day.opposable, I try bo be a freedom worker, enough money,and enough time with my family.

not just you. it doesn't seem like there's enough hours in a day anymore,especially with more and more things becoming 24 hour. right now i just work at home and caretake my mom,but i still have to juggle her,work,cleaning,cooking,and taking care of all the household needs. thank god i don't have kids too or i'd never get any sleep it's definetly a matter of necessity rather than want with me.

Hey Miamilady. :). For the people who live in big cities, life is like a fast lane. At the end of the day, one may feel "accomplished" and "functioning." But in a couple of years, when you have that chance to just look back, the ones who are in the fast lane are missing a lot of things. There will come a time that they'd get to realize that they have not lived life, but are merely existing, surviving to exist is way way different from living and having a life. That's why I choose to be in a small city, where neighbors are still neighbors and not just the people next door, where I can just walk from home to the workplace, and where kids are playing in the streets. If I do miss something, I don't get to miss a lot. You should try take some time for yourself, take a vacation leave, I'm sure it will be worth it. Merry Christmas. :)

I think you are right. I work 2 jobs and my days are crammed pretty full. Right now it is necessity although it doesnt seem to help much. I have tried to cut it back but I found that I couldnt stay still so I found ways to stay busy. I was working my full time job 6 days a week and my 2nd job 5 days a week. I was working from 7:30 am-7:30pm. I cut that back to 6 days a week at my first job and 3 days a week for my second job. I find myself running around helping my friends and stuff on my days off though so I am still verry busy.

I try not to have too much all the time everyday. It's stressful to be packed with full schedules. Sure, you're not bored, but it can get ridiculous when you're SO busy.

Yes, in general I think people are trying to cram way too much into their daily lives. I'd agree with that there is a general agreement that multitasking and being busy equals accomplishment. However I think this is just an illusion, recent studies have shown that people actually work faster when they focus on one task that time, complete it and then move on to the next. The idea of multitasking has been shown to actually decrease our productivity (I can not cut and paste as I have not yet earned my 500 posts) but the evidence is out there to support my statement. A wet With that, I think I am in a lucky minority. I am disabled and while that in itself comes with a unique set of challenges and circumstances. I also have a great opportunity to have more free time. I have more time than the average person to pursue my hobbies and interests as I do not have to spend 8 hours a day earning a living. The downside of course for me, has been my ability to feel useful and to feel like I am being a contributing member of society. In the end, however life is what we choose to make it. I did not choose my particular physical circumstances but I can choose to keep my mind active and busy. I make a choice not to sit in front of the television and vegetate day after day, on society's dime. So for me perhaps it is a blessing in disguise. I have an opportunity to pursue my hobbies and interests. Take care and happy Mylotting!

no it is just a preference, there are lots of people like you describe and there are lots that don't do a thing all and then there are the people in between, I see all kinds all the time.

I live in the bush and things here are s l o w. Even when there is work to be done, folk stand around for hours, just talking. It might be about crops and farms and harvests and wheat but it's also about gossip and who did what. As for me, I'm semi retired and if I went any slower I'd be going backwards. My days are pain filled and everything is a huge effort but I live alone so the chores have to be done and the animals looked after...if I feel like stopping I do; if I need to lie down and maybe have a nap, I do. I don't always manage to get everything done when I want but it is still there when I can get to it. Life is good. Merry Christmas my friend.

You are right, we tend to try to cram too much into our days, especially those of our children. All that does is make everybody tired and cranky. I don't think there is a need to schedule our kids lives so much as well as ours just to make people, including, us feel that we are good parents and people. Sometimes you just have to slow down and "stop and smell the roses".

I certainly do not agree that I have shortchanged myself and declare myself as underachiever if my day is not fully crammed with things to do. We are here to enjoy life, not slave and slog. Once a while, I do feel I need more than 24 hours a day but this is just temporary. I have my priorities and organise my priorities by eliminating the least important. In the end, priorities are never priorities. lol.

yeah i can see ur point. im like that too. being a perfectionist that i am i always list things that needs to be done and as much as possible i try to finish everything in just one day. impossible it may be. its just that i want to take all the time finishing everything today so that i can finally relax and breathe the next day and make things easier without having to worry about things not yet done. i have to admit its stressful, but im just used to it..LOL..however, im not saying that i always finish everything all the time. it also depends on my moods and my current condition. there are times wherein im too tired so ill just try and promise myself to finish that work the next day then carry on to the next task so that i can finally be at peace. :)

miamilady, you have hit the nail on the head (hard!). I you want a family, car, home, food, clothes, electronics and other miscellaneous necessities and nice-to-haves you must work from sun up to sundown to make it so. You have to run your kids in the ground between pre and post school events if they want to get a leg up on their future competition for college and eventual career choices. You have to remain visable in your own career or be left behind in the pool of under achievers and low wage earners. It is a dog-eat-dog world that demands you fight each waking moment to have half a shot at marginal success in poor economic times; it's truly frighten to think about. What has happen to us, how did we get to this point, who made up the not-so-smart rule that success is not driven but drives you into the ground. When did we all become A personalities? Before you know it, stress will be the #1 killer of people all across the globe. As for me, I have decided to fight back. I am okay just being me and taking life in stride. I believe in taking time to smell the roses. My personal refusal to continue in the rat race of life may not change the way things are for the world but will definitely change the way things are for me. I hope to be happier, live longer and be healthier than I have been in years. I hope to get back in touch with myself and life in general. I hope to be able to really live!

I feel like that sometimes, that there isn't enough hours in the day. It's crazy considering all the labour saving devices we have that our lives are still too hectic. It's not just this time of year, although it is worse now but all year round trying to fit in friends, family, activities, work etc. I wish I could find a way of life that was slower but it's not the culture here so I'll just have to put up with it or move to another country.

I definitely used to live my life like that. No free moments hardly to enjoy the day. Now things are different. You see I'm disabled now, and I guess you could say this is my ONE good thing about being disabled. Now I have all the time in the world. I sleep when I wish, do anything when I wish or don't do anything. I admit I enjoy this laid back lifestyle. Its just too bad that it had to come at the price of good health!

I think the problem with having so much to do comes from the Internet more than anywhere else. I have found that I have signed up for many websites like this one, and I have several blogs and I'm finding that I have to do more and more each day. It's OK though because I enjoy it. If ever there came a point when I found I couldn't enjoy it or it stressed me out, I would simply stop. :-) Derek

I am so much against "doing too much" its not funny. I would rather have $200 less a week then have my husband be away from home more than he is. I like to have family time and us time money come and go but time does not. He used to do a lot and I hated it, he went to school, he volunteered a lot and worked as well so he was hardly home and I had to put a stop to that. My son didnt act around him like that was his father. My husband will be sitting next to him and my son would call me to do something for him. Now my son loves my husband and my husband works 5 days a week (has sunday and monday off so we have a week day off and a weekend day off) and that is great. 3 days he works from 7 to 3 (and by the time we wake up and have brekfast and have some fun together just me and my son he is back) and 2 days 3 to 10. I dont work and my son is my No1 and I am almost never too busy for him and all my plans can wait for my son.

Isn't that what the Holidays are for, super stress? This is what is meant by saying the true meaning of the Holidays is often overlooked. It's so nice when we can just enjoy friends and family without all the pressures we put on ourselves, So stop take a deep breath and evaluate how much you need to do and forget the rest.Blessing

I agree with you to some extent but I think that it depends on do you actually want to have a hectic schedule. Most people enjoy that and some just feel it's too hectic and they include rest alongwith other things. I think everyone of us must have seen it as a problem that if we are just lazing around(after howsoever hard we worked) then there will always be a person ready to criticize our short nap! Well I usually have a busy schedule but I try to make it all up on weekends and if anyone feels that I am not working hard enough or just lazing around then I hear it from one ear and let it go from the other!

Maybe it is just You. I sometimes feel too much bored. And I am not searching for the ways how to get rid of it. I know I will be very busy in my upcoming future but now I enjoy doing NOTHING. :)

My life is overscheduled. I wish I could slow down the time because it's running too fast for me. But then again, I usually change my schedule whenever I can so that everything wouldn't be so boring and tiring. I think we're successful and feel accomplished only if we manage to find joy in life even with a schedule, and when we manage to complete it all. At least, that's how I feel. I'm only happy if I manage to stop the schedule and do things that make me happy, no matter will I complete schedule or not. I'm just taking that risk.