Busy is Good and Slow is Bad

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Busy is Good and Slow is Bad
I have calmed myself down, Seoul, South Korea is in many ways the same as the USA, they look Asian, however all are crazy busy.

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Seoul, South Korea
Wednesday, September 24, 2008
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In my opinion, the first world countries have a dreadful problem and I see no solution. They believe busy is good and slow is bad, a person that is doing five things at one time is considered high status, while a person that sits around is low status.

Everyone in Seoul seems insanely occupied with the business of doing something, the same as the people in the USA, Europe and probably Australia, although I have never been to Australia.

I do not talk with South Korean people, I have no way to talk with Korean people here in Korea, there is no place I know of other than a bar to meet them socially. I did meet them in Taiwan, and I think maybe if I went to China, Singapore or Hong Kong and stayed in Hostels I would meet Korean people maybe. They are many in the Philippine and Thailand however they seldom talk with the non-Korean people.

I have however slowed myself down, retracted completely into the Hostel social life, and just walk around outdoors to look at Korean people in a window shopping way. There is no way to take taxis, the only easy form of long distance transportation is the subway, however there is nothing relaxing about getting on the subway, more less leads to the “busy is good and slow is bad” mental confusion, therefore I am also staying away from the subway as best I can.

Many of the tourist in the Hostel also have this mental problem believing “busy is good and slow is bad,” therefore when they get out their five map, two guidebooks and start to say,
“you must do this, and you must do that.”
Well, I know they are have the malady, and I avoid them.

There are very few must in life that bring happiness to my life, I am 100 percent postive there is no must see in Travel, it is insane to give yourself an order,
"I must see this,"
"Who are you and why are you give me orders, what give you the right SELF."

I almost left Korea for Japan, and I thought to myself,
“meet the new boss, same as the old boss.”
Japan could be worst than Korea, or probably just the same.

Look hard for me to avoid, this “busy is good, slow is bad” mentality is an addictive behavior malady, society truly enforces this norm, they can totally ostracize and berate anyone how is sitting around doing nothing all day reading a book or talking, while looking at old things I do not care about is considered of great value, while talking with people from all over the globe is considered lazy.

I have talked for hours now with Japanese people while in Taiwan and Korea, I tend to believe when I get to Japan the conversations will stop. I talked more with Korean people in Taiwan than I do here in Korea.

Korea is like the wheel in a Hamster Cage, if you are not thinking, you can climb in the wheel (subway) and start running nowhere.

High density of people per square kilometer is a sure sign of the existence of Hamsters.

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goingeverywhereslow said on Wednesday September 24th, 2008 05:19:00 PM

Andy,Coincidence.Once a year, perhaps even less often, I make a journey to visit a certain bank. I always get an appointment with one and only one particular customer service person. Why? She is a key person (a fixture) and very experienced, in a rather large and extremely busy branch, but her office is a an oasis of calm. Walking through her office door is like entering another dimension.I made this financial pilgrimage just yesterday. Possibly for the last time.My point is that the whole place and all the people in the bank are whirling about doing whatever it is they do. As I was sitting in her office many of her workmates would come in and get advice from her, ask questions and she'd always respond in a relaxed and confident tone. Then go back to my business at hand. She has the uncanny ability to not get swept up in the harried environment that surrounds her. She is immune to it. As I was sitting there I was thinking the very same thing as you've pointed out here. The level of first world busyness is insane.What I'd like to add to the conversation is that you can condition the mind, body and spirit to be unaffected by this busyness, no matter the intensity, yet still interact with it.This personal quality or personal control or however you'd like to describe it, is one that I'm most interested in attaining it's attributes. Transport hubs are often in the larger cities and being in an unwavering calm, cool and collected state of mind doesn't waste mental energy on the negative aspects of big city life.And I'm not from a small town.Your words... "Enjoy the trip" always haunt me. Any time I'm on the move whether short or long, at some point this phrase pops into my head. I repeat it like a mantra. For this reason I'm continually seeking ways to do just that.Eric

Andy HoboTraveler.com said on Wednesday September 24th, 2008 05:32:00 PM

Hello Eric, nice to read comments of yours on the blog.When I made this post, I had a keep my priorities in line moment in my mind because I did not have anyway to file the happiness links above.If a person looks at the home page of HoboTraveler.com there are about 150 links of subject that in many ways related to travel.I have all these links in my favorites, and I save links to each subject whereby I will be able to slowly update these pages.Well, "Happiness" is not on the list of topics that I show related to Travel."Enjoy the trip."Hmm, I do say "Life is good" many times, and yet I have not incorporated the pursuit of "Happiness" as a priorty topic.I believe I need to change this and add to the top 150 topic of travel on the front of HoboTraveler.com.Truly the number one priority of travel should be the pursuit of happiness.

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