I'm in a hurry

This song by Alabama came out 25 years ago when I was busy with kids and work and I find that at times this hurry sickness invades my retirement life as well and I have to ask myself why? 

I'm in a hurry to get things done

Oh I rush and rush until life's no fun

All I really gotta do is live and die

But I'm in a hurry and don't know why.

Don't know why

I have to drive so fast

My car has nothing to prove

It's not new

But it'll do 0 to 60 in 5.2.

Oh I'm in a hurry to get things done

Oh I rush and rush until life's no fun

All I really gotta do is live and die

But I'm in a hurry and don't know why.

Can't be late

I leave plenty of time

Shaking hands with the clock

I can't stop

I'm on a roll and I'm ready to rock.

Oh I'm in a hurry to get things done

Oh I rush and rush until life's no fun

All I really gotta do is live and die

But I'm in a hurry and don't know why.

I hear a voice

That say's I'm running behind

I better pick up my pace

It's a race

And there ain't no room

For someone in second place.

I'm in a hurry to get things done

Oh I rush and rush until life's no fun

All I really gotta do is live and die

But I'm in a hurry and don't know why.

I'm in a hurry to get things done

Oh I rush and rush until life's no fun

All I really gotta do is live and die

But I'm in a hurry and don't know why.

I'm in a hurry to get things done

Oh I rush and rush until life's no fun

All I really gotta do is live and die

But I'm in a hurry and don't know why.

I'm in a hurry to get things done

Oh I rush and rush until life's no fun

All I really gotta do is live and die

But I'm in a hurry and don't know why...

The music of the song has a fast tempo which adds to the anxiety of "rushing, rushing".  I have a driven, type A, task oriented personality so that is why I still find myself rushing and competing even in retirement! Now contrast that with the story of The Tortoise and the Hare. "The Tortoise and the Hare" is one of Aesop's Fables.   It is a variant of a common folktale theme in which ingenuity and trickery (rather than doggedness) are employed to overcome a stronger opponent. (wikipedia)

 We most often want a quick fix in weight loss. We are deluged with ads on TV promising quick weight loss. We may have tried them or know someone who has but the sad fact is that the weight loss often doesn't last. I am here to say s-l-o-w weight loss is agonizing but satisfying. It is  3 steps forward and 2 steps back agonizing. But I like the term "doggedness" in describing the tortoise and
 although the loss of 18# in 18 weeks seems. so. slow, the results in how I look and feel are great so I will doggedly carry on.