The Cycle

I find it interesting how we (society) are stuck in a cycle of technology and time. We are incredibly busy with expectations at work and even the expectations of how much we should get done at home. We need to drive faster, fly faster, and walk faster so that we have more free time after we accomplish our goal. To accomplish this, we make our machines and computers faster and more capable of working on their own. The roadways are faster and wider, allowing for more cars to move quickly. While all of this is nice, it doesn't help in the end. With faster travel, we are expected to be able to do more, or go more places, with the time we are "saving." With faster internet and computers, we are expected to do more and do it more quickly. In the end, the more time we "save," the more we are expected to do. We are in a cycle of trying to save time but then being expected to use that extra time. We don't really have more time to relax, we can just do more with our work time. Is this wrong? Not really, except if we let it consume us and cause worry. To an extent, this constant increase in productivity is helping us to "redeem the time" (Eph. 5:16) better than ever before, so we can be thankful for that. Still, it is nice to have time off.