I have decided that our society has grown LAZY. Myself included. The other night after the kids were in bed and dishes were done, the house was quiet and I debated about what I should do in my hour of heaven (the hour after the kids are in bed). Go run on the treadmill, I thought to myself. Oh man, did that appeal to me! I have it set up in my house, my work out clothes were clean and ready to go, and I seriously needed to run out the disappointment I felt from my poor test score earlier in the day. But I didn't. With all those incentives, I didn't.
Why?
O.K. you can't make fun of me. Pinky swear that you won't ridicule me?
I didn't want to put on my running shoes.
Yes, I wanted to run, I wanted to do something hard and physical. However the complicated task putting on socks and tying my shoes changed my mind.
That my friends is laziness.
We have become a result oriented people obsessed with getting the quickest results in the easiest way possible, and are unwilling to put forth any real effort. How Sad! We excel at creating new technologies that advance our living conditions, but I'm afraid that we forget what really disappears with all of these conveniences; AMBITION
The remote control, the microwave, netflix; we have let all of these conveniences get the best of us. Remember when we used to watch the credits at the beginning of movies? Or if you wanted to learn something you would spend an afternoon in the library searching topics and titles? Now Siri and Google answer all of our whims within seconds, with minimal effort on our part. L.A.Z.Y
What has this done to our society?
It has weakened our work ethic. We do not want to work for things anymore. We look for alternatives to work, instead of rolling up our sleeves and getting the job done. Sometimes we even spend more time looking for easier solutions than it would have taken to Just Do It. Our children are being taught about new technologies, and they are grasping on to them even faster than we did, but we are neglecting to teach them our own history of working hard and achieving goals that take time and dedication.
With all of the advancements that make life easier we soften. Our critical thinking skills crumble. Our persistence weakens. I am seriously afraid the fictional characters from the Disney movie Wall-E are our near future.
We need to slow down. We must bring back the skills and traditions that made us prosperous in the first place; ambition, diligence, patience, etc. The lack of patience has especially become a grand problem in our society. We want. We want it now. When we don't get it now we get frustrated, and angry, then hate grows. We have these expectations of how we want our experiences to go, namely fast and NOW, and we've let those expectations become more important than the people we interact with. You hear stories every day about people who get in conflicts over things like their order not being correct, or fast enough. It's only going to get worse unless we do something about it. This is a case where I believe the small and simple things will bring forth great things. That's where we start. With the small and simple.
So get out there people and do something about it. Unless the Wall-E lifestyle appeals to you. Then to you I say,
