Believe me when I say that, at times, I am the biggest culprit of trying to do a million things at once.
Whether it be applying my mascara on the bus whilst scrolling through Instagram and talking to my mom in Australia on the phone. Or watching the latest episode of Homeland (okay, I’m about 4 seasons behind…bear with me!) whilst reading the latest issue of Women’s Health mag and touching up my nail polish… I’ve developed a terrible habit of feeling ‘lazy’ if I am not trying to cross at least 3 things off my to do list simultaneously.
Society has glorified the ability to multi-task and living in the city has only fuelled this habit. It seems as though everyone is doing it all around us – we all know those stressed out business people on the tube in the morning balancing a Pret coffee and bacon roll in one hand and the morning’s copy of City A.M in the other, trying to catch up on the news….whilst on a conference call. It feels like there’s a stressful vibe all around us wherever we go. I recently visited Copenhagen where I was absolutely amazed at the happy, relaxed and blissful nature of the Danes. I spent a short weekend in the capital city with a girlfriend, but unlike the usual ?hurry scurry? of a weekend city break-away (think minimal sleep, rushing onto the Gatwick Express after work on a Friday and back at your desk Monday morning before you know it, not knowing your head from your tail, wondering wh...