Hurry

We hurry, racing frantically around our house or the office as if the world is about to end. We hurry because time is running out. And if we don’t hurry, we’ll miss the meeting, appointment, deadline, whatever pressing matter it might be.

Hurry can be a positive or negative, depending on the way we respond to it. It can be positive when it pushes us to get something done and to not procrastinate and miss an important opportunity. For example, we hurry to board a plane on time, and to make it to a job interview. If we didn’t hurry, we’d be stuck at the airport, or without a job.

Hurry can have a negative side effect when corners are cut on the job, or when the standard of quality has been reduced for the sake of finishing a project. Even though the job will technically be done, it was completed at the cost of quality and craftsmanship.

Hurry can push us, incentive us to put forth more energy and focus and creativity into finishing something. But when fear creep in our hurry, that’s when mistakes and cutting corners happen. We must be careful to not let fear get the best of us, lest it multiplies our problems, making the situation even worse.