Stop grasping for more
You ever notice that we're all caught in a constant struggle for more? I want a bigger house, I want a better car, I want a promotion, a cooler blackberry and the list goes on and on.
Seriously, is it just me? Everything we see is aimed at more. Excess has become the norm. I watched Supersize Me, which actually made me really ill, but one thing stood out in my mind that pertains to this. The small fry, the one in the white paper(ish) bag is what used to be the large when I was a kid.
Why do we need more? Why are we all constantly working to get more, to have more, to 'need' more? Is it something inherent in my generation? I grew up never wanting for anything I needed, and occasionally got something I wanted that was a little silly, but it just seems like it's always more more more. (can you sense a trend in my thinking?)
Fuck it!
No, I'm not going to quit my job and move into the forest and gather nuts for my family. Tho, I have thought about starting a commune - short dream, don't worry.
I am, however, going to start taking less work home, sitting and watching tv* or playing games with the kids, reading to them, working on the house and other things that will enrich my life more than being constantly plugged in and trying to make more to buy more to get more.
*we watched Phineas & Ferb tonight - what a funny ass show. The evil scientist is hilarious.