Why do we complicate our lives?

Hub put up a third clothesline for me yesterday :) The kids don't use the swingset anymore

but they want to keep it for sentimental reasons so I'm putting it to good use!

I've often wondered about this. Why do we insist on complicating our lives and then complain and become unhealthy because of the stress?

Do we really need all the gadgets we have today? I don't think so. They are sold to us by very well trained salespeople who truly make us believe that we need the product they are selling. They are good at what they do and we end up buying one only to get the product home, look at it and ask "What was I thinking?".

Hardware stores, on the other hand, are usually small, neighborhood stores that carry items that people want. Items that nurture that old fashioned, common sense, thrifty, do it yourself attitude. The salespeople are there to help you do it your way with suggestions and help in locating parts.

Why is the old fashioned way the best? That's easy! Besides the obvious savings to the environment and our pocketbooks it's TIME. Why are people so stressed these days? With everything being so automated there is no time to "idle". Take laundry for example. I did 3 loads of laundry today. Instead of putting each load into the dryer only to have to rush to take it out to make room for the new one in 1.5 hours I hung it on the clothesline. Today that includes about 40 pairs of socks :) If I used my dryer, I would have had to rush, in about 4 hours time to fold and put 3 loads of laundry away. Instead I started at about 7:30 this morning and by noon all my clothes will be hung. During this time I also went out for breakfast with my hubby and am writing this blog. No rush, no stress. And if I don't get to pulling my clothes in this evening they'll be there, wrinkle free waiting for me in the morning. Try doing that with a dryer!

As we have seen there are alot of harmful enviromental effects going on with all these supposed time savers. Someday the realization will hit that we are also losing our personal freedoms. We need to slow down and reclaim "me time" not just free it up for someone else to grab to use for their own gain.

NP