We are living in an age of noise and movement. Shops open 24/7, television offers choice beyond what we dreamed even 20 years ago, information is coming at us from every source, our rooms are filled with wireless signals that allow us to access the Internet form anywhere and we use technology so that we can work from home and yet never be away from work.
Every Modern City?
This is of course progress, it is convenient and when we can afford it we all try and benefit from it. The credit crunch is taking a grip and the need to work and keep up with the demands of our kids, the expectations of society and our personal frustrations at never escaping the rat race lead us further into a rat race of debt and hollow ambition. Here’s a link to an article by Laurael Ives in The TImes which offers some interesting tips on coping with and countering busy city life http://women.timesonline.co.uk/tol/life_and_style/women/body_and_soul/article4587980.ece.
It is naive to think of being able to escape all this and in most cases most people wouldn’t want to be without it completely, but there is a need for balance a point where we take what we need from life and then enjoy being in control of our choices. Sometimes it’s just what we need to take a walk somewhere quieter and simpler….
A time to relax
Another aim of this blog is to highlight ways to make life a little more quiet, to turn down the volume so you can still enjoy the sounds but you can also hear yourself think. In making things a bit simpler, you get to spot the pieces of life that are quietly waiting to make you smile.
