One of my business email accounts had yet another form letter from eBay this morning, filled with helpful suggestions on ”how to get those items sold because they haven't sold yet!”
As a point of reference, the "items" mentioned in the e-mail that haven't sold yet were put up by me for sale about ten days ago. As a second point of reference, I had no expectations that they would sell within ten days, and — if I have to be completely honest about it — I'd be perfectly happy if they sell within the next six months.
That is about the speed of my expectations; the pace at which my business moves.
Now, I'm not writing this to fault eBay for pushing out marketing emails, but it made me think about how the entire world seems to be in such a great hurry. All. The. Time.
Put stuff out for sale today, sell it this afternoon, get it delivered by this evening... and lather rinse repeat over and over, and never stop running, never stop running! And anything short of that is failure.
Maybe it's a reflection of my general lack of ambition, or laziness, or whatever you want to call it but I just don't feel inclined to look at the world through that particular lens of perception.
I don't like rushing!
I like moving at what I think of as "a comfortable pace."
But we're not really allowed to do that anymore, are we? Sometime ago, I lost my "preferred seller" status for not guaranteeing a processing time for orders within 24 hours.
I guess the idea that anyone has a life that exists outside the realm of working and making money has become pretty much obsolete.
Some of it, I suppose, is somewhat USA-centric.
I remember one of my early culture shock moments when I first arrived in the USA in 1981 was the notion that when you went to eat at a restaurant you were expected to just shovel your food into your face as quickly as possible, pay the bill and leave because the restaurant needed your table for the next diners.
And your server's income depended on being able to serve people 3-4 times from that table, in the course of a shift.
The culture I grew up with typically included sitting at a restaurant table for 2-3 hours and taking time to really enjoy the food.
So yes, I guess I never really fit in well with "Hustle culture."
Certainly, "urgency" has its place, but it's one of those things best not overused. Just like when everything is "amazing", amazing becomes average and thus no longer meaningful... when everything is urgent, urgency loses its meaning.
Maybe I am too concerned with enjoying life to want to hurry all the time...
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I fear that this is no longer just a cultural phenomenon in the United States, but a global one. We are immersed in an endless rat race, where everything is due yesterday. During the Covid pandemic, it seemed for a brief moment that society had taken advantage of this pause in activity to rediscover the pleasure of enjoying life without rushing. The reality is that, at least in my personal opinion, the phenomenon of acceleration has increased. The sad thing is that there comes a point when our body, mind, or both at the same time, take it upon themselves to slow us down "the hard way" if we do not heed their signals. For some, it is too late, but that is their responsibility. Like you, I prefer to savour every moment, including that supposed boredom that actually makes us more creative and fulfilled. Thank you so much for this reflection.
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