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Not Enough Hours In the Day (June 27)
The pace of my life is horrendous. There are never enough hours in the day, I'm short on sleep and I still don't get done everything I feel I need to. This feeling is definitely shared by my husband and four children.

I do think we have control over our lives and have gone from full-time teaching this past year to part-time next year. I'm hoping this will make a significant difference in my life and in my family.

I think if we are willing to make do with less and live more frugally, we wouldn't have to work so much. And what do we work for anyway? Things? Things don't really make us happy. I could go on—but I won't.

Jeannette List
Lititz, PA

Peaceful (June 27)
The need for speed generates greed;
it's only a seed producing a weed.
We are like the Chinese:
ox and cart in one hand,
cell phone in the other.
I loved my way of life
in the mountains on a farm...
...peaceful.

Brad Warner
Amherst, VA

Speed, Oh Speed! (June 27)
It has an almost addictive quality, the idea that we are accomplishing so much, and that very act of accomplishment somehow validates our sense of well-being. Here in Silcon Valley, last year was puncuated by ever-increasing workplace demands, by the thrill of a meeting every hour, by cell phones ringing in tandem with landlines, and by the almost commonplace refrain "I'm crazy busy!"

Now the economy has slowed down. You can see the change on the freeways that are no longer at saturation levels and in reduced traffic jams. You can see it in peoples faces. You can see it in the real-estate prices and the fact that houses don't sell instantly. It's actually great to be getting back to a saner pace of life.

Lisa Barboza
Menlo Park, CA

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