Assault on time

It seems that in the past, we had more time available and that there were far less assaults perpetrated against our moments of pure freedom. Nowadays, every single hour and minute is automatically filled with some kind of activity; no matter whether the reason is worth its while and whether it must absolutely be done now or remains an option. As our lives become more complex and filled with more “stuff” to do and options to contemplate, it seems that there’s always something that pop its head up with the intention of “occupying” us and making our free time scarcer or non-existent. We sure live in a very complex environment with too many moving parts and events going on at the same time. Now might perhaps be a great time to start “simplifying” everything…