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The Pace of Life in the Golden Era...vs. today

Fletch

I'll Lock Up
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Iowa - The Land That Stuff Forgot
NOW NOW NOW

You can lose valuable contacts and even friends if you fail to reward their sense of urgency and don't return messages, calls etc. immediately. If you're a Type B personality in a Type A profession or circle, life can literally begin to pass you by unless you learn to share the tension in other people's overscheduled lives.
 

Paisley

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Indianapolis
I think much of the fast pace is self-inflicted. I think a lot of it has to do with choosing to live in a house that's too big and too far from work, working hard to buy a lot of stuff you don't need, and enrolling the kids in a lot of time-consuming activities that require money, commutes and adult supervision. It seems like a lot of this could be pruned back with little or no ill effect.
 

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