Man vs. Time....Lazy is Healthy!

It seems that there just isn't enough time in life don't it? We are all in such a hurry to do everything as soon as we can. It seems we can't keep the house clean enough or the lawn short enough. When we want to sit and watch our shows, we must first do the dishes or run an errand to plug those bare spots in our cabinets and drawers.

When my computer is moving slower than a blue hair on the interstate I become extremely impatient. I then mumble things that will most likely move me to the front of the line in hell. And I honestly can't drive the speed limit because I always feel that I am running late to something mildly important. Or simply because I am anxious to get somewhere like the weekend card game. But never do I relax while I am behind the wheel. It is like my little four-wheeled time machine in which I control the speed and quickness of my duties.

According to Edgar S. Cahn, our failure to take life less seriously is killing us.

This 73-year old leads a different sort of campaign called "Slow Movement." The campaign is dedicated to keeping people informed about their busy lifestyles and how it affects them. He encourages laziness and a change certain areas of life that might speed us up with his brain child TimeBanks. Here, read this from CNN.com,

"They say we live in a culture in which being overworked has become a status symbol. Cahn created TimeBanks USA, a nonprofit group that treats time as money, to put the brakes on people's high-velocity lifestyles."

"TimeBanks members barter blocks of time known as "time dollars." One member may, for example, buy groceries for a stranger in exchange for someone else walking their dog."

Edgar says that every second of our life is precious because we can't get it back. We must occasionally turn off the phone or cook an "unhurried" meal for friends or go for walks. Or better yet, just sit in front of the television for a few hours a day like I do. Let the kids walk around with a full diaper from time to time.

" Companies will actually profit more if they don't overwork employees because they will become healthier and more productive, he says. He points to the robust economies of Western European countries, which treat their workers to more vacation time and shorter work weeks than their counterparts in the United States."

"If you live in Europe after the age of 50, you're only half as likely to develop chronic illnesses like heart disease and high blood pressure as those in the U.S.," he says. "People exercise more, they eat less food and they sleep more."

So here is proof for the old lady that when we just don't feel like taking out the trash this very minute, it will give us even more days in the end to take it out. Wait.......is that good or bad?

Talk amongst yourselves.