Time Waits For No Man

Business woman purchasing a newspaper before going to work

Upon disembarking the water taxi, this business woman hurriedly purchases newspapers from the adjacent newspaper stand before heading to work. While searching for money in one of her many bags, she glances the headlines with limited time to leisurely read the newspapers.  This sight baffled me, revealing that people so consumed with their daily routine in the city, are forced to squeeze in time in order to keep pace with current events in the country and by extension the world. Their lives in the city become so overwhelmingly hectic that they don’t have the time to even peruse current news-worthy events in their country. Such is the life of many a working person in the City.

Businessman  hurrying  to  work  with  no  time  to  spare  

The picture on the left is synonymous with the picture above. This businessman runs with envelope in hand to catch a ride to work. Leisurely walking is not affordable with his time schedule of having to arrive to work before a specified time.  With no time to spare, he hurriedly hops a ride with a friend, bearing in mind his report for the Boss due at 11:00a.m. sharp! Most professionals in the city are subjected to this fast-paced, demanding, monotonous nightmare! “More and more it feels like our lives have turned into a grueling race toward a finish line we never reach. No matter how fast we go, no matter how many comforts we forgo in order to quicken our pace, there never seems to be enough time.” Time is evidently a factor of major concern in the City.

References

Life In The Fast Lane Fails To Fulfil Us. It’s time to go with the slow. (2009). Retrieved February 21, 2014, from http://www.jaywalljasper.com/articles/life-in-the-fast-lane.html.