What's the hurry?

In the words of Ferris Beuller "the world moves pretty fast, if you don't stop and look around, you could miss it!" (have i used that line before?) It's not until I get out of Sydney that I realize how crazy the city can be. Everyone is always in a hurry, everything is urgent. But is it? Get out of the city and it can take a while to wind down, but it's worth the ride. I went to the NT and yes, I had my boss on my back to get things done immediately, but things in the NT just move slower. There was nothing I could do about it.
I went surfing this week. Its been a few years but after a few wipeouts I got my confidence back. I was rushing it and falling off. I had to zen out and slow down. Once I did that, I got better. It was weird, I had to slow down and think about what I was doing, and the more I thought about it, the less I thought about it. I relaxed and that is what led to happiness. Stop, breathe.

The city teaches us to be uptight and impatient. I do this too. My chosen career has been a role where I am the whip cracker and schedule keeper. My responsibility is to keep things moving and get things done on time. So is it odd that my down time truly is DOWN time. I like to keep busy and on the move. But I know how to do nothing and do when I can!
I did have a few calls for work in my down time and somehow turned them all down. I was offered 1 or 2 days filling in for someone due to illness but I had just locked in my trip up north to go surfing. I was buying tea at the time and asked the sales person "should i take the work or go play?" His initial reaction was - take the work, its work. But then I told him I work in film & tv and he quickly changed his mind, saying "I'm dating someone in that industry! please go play, go spend time with people that love you!". So I did.
Kids have the right idea. I once asked my nephew what we would do if he didn't  have to go to school and I didn't have to go to work. The answer was simply "play". And I think that is beautiful! I f I don't make time to play with some of the kids in my life - that's when the bitch comes out. What is adulthood? Is it responsibility? Is it when you forget how to play? I don' t ever want to forget that. Neither should you - go play!!