This is the age
of the half-read page
The quick hash
And the mad dash
The bright night
And the nerves tight
The plane hop
And the brief stop
The lamp tan
In a short span
The big shot
In a good spot
The brain strain
And the heart pain
The cat naps
‘Til the spring snaps
And the fun’s done.
–Virginia Brasier, “Rat Race,” The New Yorker, November 23, 1957
Life in 1957 included no email, cell phones, or digital tablets. Two-career households were not the norm. If life was a rat race then, what term would you use now to describe our frenetic lives?
Michael Hyatt suggests some positive disciplines to unwind our digital selves.
1.The discipline of rest.
2.The discipline of reflection.
3.The discipline of reading.
4.The discipline of relationships.
5.The discipline of recreation.