It's Time

“Slow down, take a load off.” We are constantly told that we need to relax and enjoy life. Yet we live in a crazy, fast-paced world that never seems to sleep. Blink and you could miss something. 

I have this weird thing I do. Sometimes while driving I avoid left turns. I get really annoyed when I have to sit and wait for traffic to flow before I can make my turn. Having lived in Bozeman for 5+ years I know my routes really well. So when I know certain intersections are going to be busy (the ones with left turns) I take a different path instead. I do this almost subconsciously, it’s more a habit than something I think about. I didn’t really ever notice it until the other day. I went to It’s Greek To Me, got myself a delicious gyro (I would highly recommend going there), got into my car and looked in the rear view mirror. Main street was flowing with traffic and so instead of going that way and trying to make a left turn in the madness, I went the opposite way where I could take a right turn onto Durston. Both ways are an equal distance to my home. Yet I didn’t have the patience to sit and wait for a break in traffic. Why is this? When I have to sit and wait, I feel like I’m wasting time. When in all actuality I probably would have gotten home in the same 10 minutes. I started to take a closer look at my life. What other “short cuts” do I take in order to “save time”? The closer I looked, the more I realized that all I’m really doing is creating stress for myself. By making myself obsessed with time I give myself anxiety and weird traits, like avoiding left turns. 

I know this life is crazy and busy and fast. But hey, slow down. Take a load off. Don’t worry about the left turns. Time goes by no matter what.