Comments on: February 1 Already http://www.dailykrier.com/2010/02/01/february-1-already/ Wed, 22 Jun 2011 19:04:18 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1.3 By: Vicky http://www.dailykrier.com/2010/02/01/february-1-already/comment-page-1/#comment-2507 Vicky Wed, 03 Feb 2010 06:18:55 +0000 http://www.dailykrier.com/?p=548#comment-2507 Circa 2005, I had a particularly busy work schedule. One morning I was walking the dogs and looking up at the mountains on the horizon and I thought about how I didn't even have time to appreciate the mountains. And then I realized--- I *was* appreciating them! Even if I wasn't hiking them, by gawking longingly at the ridgelines, I was taking the few precious moments I had at that time to enjoy the scenery they had to offer. So I think that was an example of the "more, better, faster" trap you spoke of. I was so fixated on the big events-- the adventures and the epic hikes-- that I was missing the beauty I could obtain right then and there from my front yard. Circa 2005, I had a particularly busy work schedule. One morning I was walking the dogs and looking up at the mountains on the horizon and I thought about how I didn’t even have time to appreciate the mountains.

And then I realized— I *was* appreciating them! Even if I wasn’t hiking them, by gawking longingly at the ridgelines, I was taking the few precious moments I had at that time to enjoy the scenery they had to offer.

So I think that was an example of the “more, better, faster” trap you spoke of. I was so fixated on the big events– the adventures and the epic hikes– that I was missing the beauty I could obtain right then and there from my front yard.

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