It has been demonstrated that many people turn to dangerous activities as a way of finding sense in their own lives. Thrilled by the adrenaline associated with radical sports and many other death-defying activities, these individuals seek for a reason for their beings, as many have declared. Jumping from a sky-high tower tied to a rope that might eventually break, engaging on unprotected sex with strangers or experiencing with different drugs act to them as an immediate link with their inner selves. I’m not very sure on what can be considered the real root of such inclinations of one’s mind but I doubt it could be considered average normal. Some may think and hypothesize that the lack of real obstacles, challenges and risks in daily life might be the reason why an increasing number of people have started engaging in radical sports and dangerous activities. More complex psychological reasons that are beyond my single-minded comprehension might also play a significant role in those individuals’ choice for a dangerous life.
While one can simply criticize radical sports and dangerous behaviors in somebody else’s life, sometimes is worthwhile to take a close look and recognize some choices we usually make that are not completely healthy and might as well be considered unsounded or unreasonable.
Do we really need to work as much as 60 or 80 hours a week? Do we really have to accept all the social activities and gatherings we are invited to even when we do not feel like leaving your nest? More importantly: is there a reason for accumulating so many duties that keep us completely and insanely busy around the week just because we are not taught to say “no, I can not do that”? It dawn on me that living a busy life full of compromise to your work, your family and yours friends and not a single hour to your own self might also be a way of living on the edge.
We ought to find a balance in life. A point where we can be satisfied with what we do and not very much disturbed with what we are not able to do and we gladly refused to try. Taking a personal example, I can say that these last weeks for me were really on the cliff. After a full week of no good sleep at a conference meeting abroad with very long tiring flights, I had a very busy week with talks I could have refused to give, meetings at work that were meaningless and could simply not have existed, along with endless phone calls from family and friends and birthday parties I went only to please friends that could not accept I’ve been busy and tired.
Living on the edge alters all the purposes in life. From the minimal tasks to the most important thing you do, if you live on the edge you might suffer the pressure and then you could put yourself more prone to mistakes. That cannot last long. Indeed, the stress associated with it might kill you long before your due time. So here goes a piece of advice for me and those leading nonsense busy beings: slow down your pace, keep space for yourself and at least once in a while just do nothing. When you stop you might eventually find what is missing and the reason why you’ve been so busy.
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